
The battle rages over the estate of the Painter of Light Thomas Kinkade, as his mistress Amy Pinto-Walsh yesterday claimed famed commercial artist left her his mansion and millions of dollars. Amy Pinto-Walsh recently produced a shakily-written will that states she is entitled to Thomas Kinkade’s Monte Sereno, California, mansion and an additional $10 million [...]

Painter Thomas Kinkade died of accidental acute intoxication from alcohol and an anti-anxiety medication, an autopsy report revealed late Monday. The Santa Clara County Coroner’s Office reported Thomas Kinkade’s cause of death as “acute ethanol and Diazepam intoxication” and manner of death as “accident”, according to NBC Bay Area. Diazepam is the active ingredient in [...]
May 8 2012 | Posted in
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Lawyers portrayed Amy Pinto-Walsh, painter Thomas Kinkade’s girlfriend, as a ruthless gold digger who is out to “tear down” the late artist’s reputation and do irreparable damage to his family, in a restraining order granted by a judge yesterday. The order against Amy Pinto-Walsh claimed she broke a confidentiality agreement by talking to reporters the [...]
Apr 26 2012 | Posted in
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Self-proclaimed Painter of Light Thomas Kinkade left behind some warring women when he died nearly three weeks ago. Though Thomas Kinkade had separated from his wife about two years ago, they were still in the process of getting divorced when he died of natural causes at 54. New reports allege that Thomas Kinkade had planned [...]
Apr 25 2012 | Posted in
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Nanette Kinkade, the ex-wife of Thomas Kinkade, the successful Painter of Light who died earlier this month, has filed a restraining order against his live-in girlfriend. Thomas Kinkade’s family wants to stop Amy Pinto-Walsh from breaching a confidentiality agreement she signed more than a year ago. Nanette Kinkade fears Amy Pinto-Walsh will attempt to sell [...]
Apr 22 2012 | Posted in
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Painter of Light Thomas Kinkade battled alcoholism over the past several years and had a relapse just before his death at his home in California a family member has said. Thomas Kinkade’s brother, Patrick, told the San Jose Mercury News decades of attacks on Kinkade’s work and a split with his wife two years ago [...]
Apr 13 2012 | Posted in
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Thomas Kinkade, the Painter of Light, one of America’s most popular artist, died from what appear to have been natural causes at 54. Nanette, the recently widowed wife of Thomas Kinkade, released a statement from the family which said: “Thom[-as Kinkade] provided a wonderful life for his family. We are shocked and saddened by his [...]