Thomas Kinkade’s widow settles secretly with hubby’s ex-lover over estate

After months of public mud-slinging, the widow and the live-in girlfriend of the late artist Thomas Kinkade have secretly settled over who gets $10 million and the keys to his hillside South Bay mansion. Neither Nanette Kinkade nor Amy Pinto-Walsh (pictured) are talking. The accused gold-digger who was in a relationship with the late “painter of light” the last 18 months of his life vowed to clear her name and prove that she was his soul mate. But the settlement, apparently, requires confidentiality all around, the Mercury News says.