Bob Ross is most widely known for his curly afro and “happy accidents” as the host of The Joy of Painting, a half-hour instructional television show that ran for over a decade from 1983 to 1994.

He was 52. RELATED VIDEO: WATCH: Say It Ain't So!? Bob Ross' Afro Was Actually a Perm! The world's most famous art instructor has lived on as a pop culture icon, recently experiencing a resurgence ...