"I'd like to say just thanks for this time today—a chance to share your world along the way. One day soon, our paths may cross again; until then, God bless, my friend."
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January 1, 1970

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Who: Bob Ross, American painter, host of The Joy of Painting — Note: A poem Ross recited as a farewell message, in the last days of his terminal bout with lymphoma; Ross's traditional sign-off on The Joy of Painting was "happy painting, and God bless." It aired after Ross's death as part of the children's series The Adventures of Elmer and Friends, which also set the poem to music. (These were Ross's last words to the public; his last words overall were likely related to a dispute he and his son