KAT DAY EDITOR IN CHIEF/CONTENT CREATOR
A TRIBUTE TO ROBERT ROSS
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he World of Pool has lost an amazing photographer and pool player! Robert Ross will be missed for his gifted talent with a lens and his love for pool! For the last year and a half, Robert G. Ross had a fight for the second time with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. The last time he was home before he was in Hospice, all he wanted to do was to get to the pool table. His wife, Deborah, took him to the table, but unfortunately, all he could do was barely hit two balls. But just to get there and do that meant a lot to him. He passed away on June 21, 2023. Before he passed, he said, I’ll see you on the other side.” Ross had a good
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life and was grateful to make it to 80. He also loved his military brothers and sisters. Ross was buried at the VA National Cemetery in Riverside, California. Ross was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, on February 21, 1943. As a young man, he is remembered for his love of Westerns and beautiful landscapes in California. When Ross turned 18, he purchased a one-way ticket to California and never looked back! Ross was drafted by the army and sent to Korea,
