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Bob Ross

Bob Ross's biography

Bob Ross is 53 years old painter born at Daytona Beach. He was born on Thursday 29th of October 1942. He is often nicknamed as Bust 'em up Bobby. According to year of birth 1942 he belongs to Silent Generation. Birthday on 29th of October means he is Scorpio. Scorpio is a watery sign. These people are very intense in their thoughts. They always learn from the transformatory phase of their life.

He is native american english speaker. He is citizen of United States of America. He is an adherent of christianity. His primary profession is to be painter. You can know him also as television presenter. He is recently known as clinical coder.

Bob Ross's schools

We found 2 schools He attended. Complete list of schools: Missouri Military Academy, Elizabeth Forward High School.

Bob Ross's career

His main focus is to be painter.

How did Bob Ross die

He died on on Tuesday 4th of July 1995 when he was 53 years old at Orlando. Bob Rosss death was caused by lymphoma. It happend like natural causes.

What Bob Ross has done for a first time

  • He made each painting on "The Joy of Painting" thrice. The first was painted beforehand and used for reference, the second was the one he painted on-screen, and the third was a more detailed version he painted afterwards for photographs for his books.
  • His hair was naturally straight. Money was tight after the first year of him being an art tutor, so he had his hair permed to save money on weekly trims. He grew to dislike his Afro later, but his image required him to keep it.

Bob Ross's quotes

  • There are no mistakes in your world.
  • We don't make mistakes, we just have happy little accidents.
  • [on retiring from the Air Force] I was the guy who makes you scrub the latrine, the guy who makes you make your bed, the guy who screams at you for being late to work. The job requires you to be a mean, tough person. And I was fed up with it.
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Bob Ross's body shape

Lets describe how Bob Ross looks. We will focus on his body shape. Body build is average.