But before Ross was a television staple in homes across the country, he was a U.S. Air Force military training instructor. And Bob Ross’ time in the military wasn’t short-lived. He enlisted at ...

Bob Ross inspired thousands to pick up their ... After more than a decade on the air, Ross passed away in 1995 due to complications from lymphoma.

Television’s favorite painter, Bob Ross, is finally getting his museum ... in 1942 and spent two decades in the U.S. Air Force posted mainly in Alaska, where he learned to paint at an outpost ...