May 9, 2012

Well crap - Thomas Kinkade

He died a month ago and the coroner's report is in. From MyWay/Associated Press:
Coroner: Valium, alcohol killed painter Kinkade
Artist Thomas Kinkade died from an accidental overdose of alcohol and prescription tranquilizers, but his heart had grown so enlarged he had been vulnerable to a fatal heart attack at any point, according to a detailed autopsy report released Tuesday.

The self-described "Painter of Light" died on April 6 of an acute combination of ethanol and Diazepam intoxication, or in common terms, of alcohol and the tranquilizer marketed as Valium, the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner's Office said.
More:
"His heart was so big that at any time he was vulnerable," O'Hara said. "Apparently he had given up drinking and maybe he had just started again. His levels were definitely in the toxic range."

Several other drugs, including two other prescription tranquilizers, were present in his bloodstream. Kinkade's urine contained gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, or GHB, which occurs naturally in the human body but can also be used as the so-called date rape drug.

O'Hara said the painter also had suffered several remote blunt force injuries.

"He had a bruise of his abdomen that was healing, a bruise under his scalp, a hemorrhage under his head, as well as multiple healed rib fractures," O'Hara said. "He took a tumble at some point."
Not a good way to go -- he was never a "fine artist", rather an excellent illustrator and fantastic self-promoter. Posted by DaveH at May 9, 2012 8:14 PM
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