Inside the vicious, secret battle over Bob Ross and his ‘Joy of Painting’
new Netflix documentary “Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed,” streaming Friday, explores Ross’ innocent showbiz beginnings, unexpected rise to fame and the people around him who wished to cash in on his gifts.In the 1960s, Ross was a member of the Air Force, and was stationed in Alaska with his first wife Vicky and young son Steve. It was in the “Last Frontier” where he became passionate about nature.“Bob loved the forest, the animals, the trees,” Vicky says in the documentary.