Born an identical twin, Robert "Bob" Sansom and his twin brother celebrated their birth date on January 16, 1932. Meeting Paul Barnes, the art director on the CBS TV series "The Carol Burnet Show", Bob became his art department assistant art director. Bob's initiation into the Society of Motion Pictures and Television Art Directors Guild, IATSE #876, was on September 11, 1973. Bob's death on November 6, 1984 was related to AIDS. Boy's twin was a toy designer working for Mattel Toys in Redondo Beach, California. The twins had purchased an Avacodo tree farm-ranch located in Orange County. Bob retired to the ranch where his twin took care of him in his last two years.
