Ronald Lee Bosse (1931 - 1966)

Born 23 Dec 1931 in Colorado, United States

Ancestors

Died 26 May 1966 at age 34 in Redondo Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Ronald was born in 1931. He was the son of Wayne Bosse. He passed away in 1966.

Marriage record:

Name Betty Jane Jones

Event Place Clark, Nevada, United States

Marriage Date 27 Sep 1958

Ron Boise (1931-1966). American sculptor who worked primarily with sheet metal, often from junked cars, to create nude figures, large abstract pieces, and musical instruments. He first came to prominence in 1964, when the San Francisco police seized his Kama Sutra-inspired sculptures of of male and female figures in sexual positions. In the controversial trial, a jury rejected the prosecution’s claim that the works were obscene. Not long after, a large musical instrument—The Thunder Machine—sculpted by Boise and painted in swirling psychedelic abstractions by Joseph Lysowski, was displayed, strummed and drummed at the San Francisco Trips Festival, at the Rolling Stones’ ill-fated Altamont Free Concert, and occasionally at the Acid Tests conductbed by Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters. Boise's early death, at 34, came before his reputation was firmly established.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRD4-92P : 4 January 2021), Ronald Bosse in household of Wayne Bosse, Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 51-14, sheet 6A, line 10, family 129...

• "Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-2005", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVRM-CZ8 : 20 September 2019), Ronald L Boise and Betty Jane Jones, 27 27 27.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156283105/ronald-lee-boise

• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP42-2R8 : 26 November 2014), Ronald L Boise, 26 May 1966; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1TS-L4C : 11 January 2021), Ronald Boise, May 1966; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• Boise Life Works

• Thunder Machine

• Ron Boise's Kamasutra Sculptures

• Photo of Ken Kesey playing the Thunder Machine