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There's been million-seller books and million-seller CDs. But there hasn't been, until now, million-seller art.

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Thomas Kinkade
Age: 54 †
Born: 1958
Born: January 19
Died: 2012
Died: April 6
Painter
Sacramento
California
Sellers
Commerce
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Books
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