 The report makes it clear that Van Gogh suffered at the end, expiring after "terrible suffering" ("dans d'atroces souffrances"), an account confirmed by Hirschig in a 1911 letter to Albert Plasschaert.Theo recorded Vincent's last words as ""the sadness will last forever"" in a letter to their sister Elisabeth dated 5 August 1890.Thereafter room 5 was tainted by his suicide and never rented out again.