27 July 1890 Posted on July 27, 2014 by Staff Vincent van Gogh shoots himself with a gun and dies two days later. Famous Words of Inspiration..."If you would create something, you must be something." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Click here for more from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Related posts: 27 July 1890 19 November 1998 6 October 1723 15 June 1752 22 December 2001 27 July 2002 27 July 1866