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"He was snake bit," said former [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Senate President Donald Elliott Hines (1933-2019) of Bunkie in Avoyelles Parish, a physician who for eight years sat behind Bean in the Senate. "As soon as he got over one problem he'd have another one. But I never heard him complain one time. He met adversity and then went on with it and never let it affect his personal outlook or his demeanor or his relationship with anybody."​

"He was snake bit," said former [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Senate President Donald Elliott Hines (1933-2019) of Bunkie in Avoyelles Parish, a physician who for eight years sat behind Bean in the Senate. "As soon as he got over one problem he'd have another one. But I never heard him complain one time. He met adversity and then went on with it and never let it affect his personal outlook or his demeanor or his relationship with anybody."​

In 2001, Bean collapsed just outside the Senate chambers. He'd taken medication that knocked his blood pressure down to zero, said Hines who, along with others, revived Bean with CPR before emergency medical help arrived.​<ref name=ktsa/>

In 2001, Bean collapsed just outside the Senate chambers. He'd taken medication that knocked his blood pressure down to zero, said Hines who, along with others, revived Bean with CPR before emergency medical help arrived.​<ref name=klsa/>

"Some guys are funny-funny; to me, Ron was the kind of guy who was funny with a very dry sense of humor," said former Democratic state Senator [[Don Kelly]] of [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]]: "I can't ever recall seeing him mad; I've seen him aggravated, but never mad. He was just ... a great guy."​

"Some guys are funny-funny; to me, Ron was the kind of guy who was funny with a very dry sense of humor," said former Democratic state Senator [[Don Kelly]] of [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]]: "I can't ever recall seeing him mad; I've seen him aggravated, but never mad. He was just ... a great guy."​

Bean and Gregory Tarver, another state senator from Shreveport, met while serving on the Caddo Parish Police Jury (equivalent of county commission in other states). Though Bean was a white Republican and Tarver an [[African-American]] Democrat, the two found that they could work together and became close friends.

Bean and Gregory Tarver, another state senator from Shreveport, met while serving on the Caddo Parish Police Jury (equivalent of county commission in other states). Though Bean was a white Republican and Tarver an [[African-American]] Democrat, the two found that they could work together and became close friends.