Sarah Baartman, the âfirst known Black female victim of trafficking,â died on 29 December 1815. A Khoi-san woman of South Africa, she was lured to Europe with the promise of fame and riches. She was transported to England in 1810 and exhibited on stage in a cage as a freak known as the Hottentot Venus.
Sam Elliott and Katharine Ross have been married for 32 years. They were dating for 6 years after getting together in Feb 1978 and were married on 1st May 1984.
Ross had a son, Steven, from his first marriage to Lydia. Steven occasionally appeared on The Joy of Painting and is a Bob Rossâcertified instructor. Ross and Lydia's marriage ended in divorce in 1981. Ross married again, this time to Jane. Jane died of cancer in 1993, and Ross himself died of lymphoma in 1995 at the age of 52.