Autopsy Scheduled for Painter Thomas Kinkade

[tularetom]

1. "wholesome idealism" my ass

The guy was a hypocrite, a control freak, a scam artist and an alcoholic, not necessarily in that order.

He made a fortune selling his sentimentalized crap to naive cretins and conned his business associates out of millions of dollars.

The article mentions the $860k settlement won by two gallery owners who were defrauded by Kinkade, but it says nothing about the fact that the award was increased to $2.8 million by the court. It also omitted some details about curious episodes of odd personal behavior such as the time he took a leak in a Las Vegas elevator to the shock of a carful of patrons.

Not meaning to speak ill of the recently deceased, but there are dozens of skeletons in Mr Kinkade's closet, very few of which will be divulged by the media reportng of his demise.