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 ...

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 ...

Over the course of his career, the late Ron Rice amassed a vast collection of unusual one-of-kind items such as the hand-carved mermaid chair that adorned the great room of his oceanfront Ormond Beach ...

ORMOND BEACH ― An online auction is underway for the vast collection of memorabilia and unusual artifacts from the late Hawaiian Tropic founder Ron Rice's estate. Some items are available for ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...