 All the intrigue, all these stories, the vast majority of them were dirt poor. Not all. The vast majority of them weren't famous right away. Some of them weren't famous until they were dead. Van Gogh, whose name everybody knows of. You've heard of him, right, Mr. Bidous? Everybody's heard of Van Gogh, Vincent Van Gogh. Died at 37. It wasn't until the last year of his life and well beyond, soon after his death,