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<p>FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2006 file photo, artist Thomas Kinkade works on a study of Graceland in Memphis, Tenn. Kinkade, whose brushwork paintings of idyllic landscapes, cottages and churches have been big sellers for dealers across the United States, died Friday, April 6, 2012, a family spokesman said. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Jim Weber, File) </p>

<p>FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2006 file photo, artist Thomas Kinkade works on a study of Graceland in Memphis, Tenn. Kinkade, whose brushwork paintings of idyllic landscapes, cottages and churches have been big sellers for dealers across the United States, died Friday, April 6, 2012, a family spokesman said. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Jim Weber, File) </p>

April 7, 2012

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Popular painter Thomas Kinkade dies in Calif.
April 7, 2012 5:58 a.m.

Popular painter Thomas Kinkade dies in Calif.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Artist Thomas Kinkade once said that he had something in common with Walt Disney and Norman Rockwell: He wanted to make people happy.