27 July 1890 Posted on July 26, 2012 by Staff Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies 2 days later. Share on Facebook Share Share on TwitterTweet Share on LinkedIn Share Famous Words of Inspiration..."The only right way of telling a story is to begin at the beginning--at the beginning of the world. Therefore all books have to be begun in the wrong way for the sake of brevity." GK Chesterton — Click here for more from GK Chesterton Related posts: 4 July 1569 27 July 2002