The state’s longest-serving Black legislator, former Sen. Ronald Rice, died Wednesday at the age of 77. Rice, a Democrat who represented the 28th District, served in the Legislature for 36 years, 18 ...

Ron Rice’s recipe for global notoriety and untold riches began with a $4 garbage can and broken broom handle for stirring. The concoction he settled on, over 50 years ago, would become Hawaiian Tropic ...

It wasn’t hard to gather tributes for Sen. Ron Rice. The minute it got around that we were collecting anecdotes and reflections, they came pouring in, all repeating the same themes of loyalty, ...

Ron Rice, an Asheville native who grew up dirt poor but went on to rub elbows with the rich and famous after creating Hawaiian Tropic suntan lotion, has died. He was 81. A promotional wizard with a ...

Former New Jersey state Sen. Ron Rice, the longest-serving Black lawmaker in state history, died Tuesday after a prolonged illness, one of Rice’s former staffers confirmed. Rice, 77, was a staunch ...

Former state Sen. Ronald Rice, a fiercely independent Democrat who represented Newark for decades and was the longest-serving African-American in the Legislature, has died at 77. “He was a fighter. He ...

Rice, who chaired the N.J. Legislative Black Caucus for 18 years, will retire at the end of August. He wanted a woman to succeed him as chair. New Jersey Sen. Ron Rice taking care of his late mom, ...

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Aug. 13, 1930 – June 5, 2016 Ronald George Rice passed away Sunday, June 5, in Vacaville after a long illness. He was born in Napa, but Benicia has always been his home. He worked at Travis Air Force ...