Bob Ross made his career out of making problems seem fixable, most of the time using a soft brush and a softer voice. By the time of his death in 1995, at the age of 52, in Orlando, Florida, the ...
AOL: Bob Ross' Death, 30 Years Later: What to Know About the Late Painter’s Sudden Passing
Bob Ross' Death, 30 Years Later: What to Know About the Late Painter’s Sudden Passing
Bob Ross spent his life spreading calm, kindness, and creativity—but after his death, that legacy was taken from his family. This is the story of how a peaceful painter became a legal battlefield ...
More than 30 years after his death, the work of artist and public television icon Bob Ross continues to engage audiences across the world. When Congress rescinded $1.1 billion allocated for public ...
MSN: Bob Ross died a TV comfort icon, then contracts turned his legacy into a courtroom fight
Bob Ross died a TV comfort icon, then contracts turned his legacy into a courtroom fight
This summer marks 30 years since the painter and pop culture icon Bob Ross died, but like his beautiful landscapes, his legacy lives on. In a 1988 episode of The Joy of Painting, Ross recalled a fan ...
PBS: Auction of Bob Ross paintings aims to fill funding gaps for public broadcasting
Auction of Bob Ross paintings aims to fill funding gaps for public broadcasting
NPR: The first of 30 Bob Ross works were auctioned to help public TV. They broke records
The first of 30 Bob Ross paintings — many of them created live on the PBS series that made him a household name — have been auctioned off to support public television. Ross, with his distinctive afro, ...