BOB ROSS FACTS

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"Hello, certainly glad you could join me today."

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#1 Bob's full name is Robert Norman Ross.

#2 Bob was in the United States Air force. He was a master sergeant for 20 years.

#3 90% of Bob Ross's viewers never painted along with him.

#4 Bob often donated his paintings to fundraisers at PBS.

#5 Bob was missing a finger. He hid this by holding his palette with the hand he had the missing finger on. He lost his finger to a woodworking accident in his youth.

#6 Bob painted in his basement.

#7 Bob got his famous perm to save money on haircuts. He later came to hate the perm but kept it to preserve his image. Even after losing his hair to cancer he wore wigs similar to his perm.

#8 Bob REALLY liked trees.

#9 Bob's paintings featuring cabins almost never had chimneys.

#10 Bob had a pet squirrel named peapod, which he sometimes featured in the show.

#11 The Joy of Painting is now on Netflix

#12 Bob died when he was only 52. He died in 1995.

#13 Bob also had a pet crow.

#14 Bob made somewhere around 30,000 paintings within his lifetime.

#15 This is what Bob looked like in his military days. Pre-fro.

This is all for today's Bob Ross facts. If this book gets positive feedback I'll be posting facts about America's favorite artist, daddy Ross, pretty frequently.

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"Until next time, I'd like to wish you happy painting and God bless, my friend."