“I Cannot Believe I Have Committed Suicide”
The remarkable last words of this English artist
3 min readMar 21, 2022
On November 4th 1977, the English painter John Keith Vaughan killed himself with a brew of pills and whisky.
The very hour of his death can be pinpointed with striking accuracy. At 9:30 am on that winter’s morning, Vaughan opened his journal and recorded his last thoughts in writing…