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Bob Ross' Death, 30 Years Later: What to Know About the Late Painter’s Sudden Passing

Bob Ross died at 52 from cancer on July 4, 1995 Julie Tremaine is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has previously appeared in Food and Wine, Travel + ...
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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, ...
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Bob Ross' Death, 30 Years Later: What to Know About the Late Painter’s Sudden Passing

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 ...