They're Not Famous from The Past, But Famous Now

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Have you ever wondered that those people who are famous now was not famous during the day they were alive? Like for example, Van Gogh. During the day of his life, he tried to sell his paintings, but no one bought. He's not rich and of course, he's not famous. Now, after his death, his paintings are famous and can be sold in high price. If only Van Gogh is still alive, I think he's already rich and famous. Another is a girl that my friend had read on the internet, I forgot her name and I can't remember her name-- my friend told me that the girl used to write poems. She's alone and she's weird in the eyes of the society, and all her feelings expressed of what she had written in her poem and then, after she died, she become famous because of the poem she'd written. Why is it those people that are not appreciated or have been criticized become famous when they are already dead? Like for example, we have an enemy and then, we got sick and brought in the hospital. The news spread that we're going to die. All of a sudden, our enemy that used to hate us and criticized us would come to the hospital and then, he or she would say "sorry" to us. I'm just wondering "why"?