Ross was born in Daytona Beach, Florida, to carpenter Jack Ross and waitress Ollie Ross, and raised in Orlando, Florida.
As a child, Ross cared for injured animals such as armadillos, snakes, alligators, and squirrels, one of which appeared in several episodes of his television show.
He had a half-brother named Jim, whom he mentioned briefly on his show.
Ross left high school in the ninth grade.
Who is Bob Ross wife Lynda Brown?
Linda Carol Brown (February 20, 1943 – March 25, 2018) was an American education equality activist. Board of Education as a schoolgirl in 1954.
Brown was in third grade at the time and wanted to attend Sumner School in Topeka, Kansas.
Her admission was refused due to her race.
Her lawsuit against elementary school segregation was eventually successful, and the resulting Supreme Court precedent overturned the separate but equal’ doctrine established in Plessy v. Ferguson.
Brown went on to become an educator and civil rights, activist.
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