This is the deathbed letter to Elizabeth that Vincent dictated to his sister on Feb. 9, 1995.  The next evening, when the letter, now typed up by a friend, was brought to him to sign, it was too late. Vincent had died hours earlier.  This letter was in the carton of diaries that arrived at Elizabeth's door, and it is how she learned of Vincent's death.    Up until that moment, Elizabeth had not even known that Vincent was gay, much less that he was ill.