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Van Gogh's suicide: Ten reasons why the murder story is a myth

Overwhelming evidence suggests it was the artist who fired the fatal shot

Martin Bailey
20 June 2025
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Vincent van Gogh, Self-portrait (1889), given to Dr Paul Gachet © Photo: Distribution RMN Musée d'Orsay, Paris/Patrice Schmidt
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