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Bean's Caddo Parish colleague, former Republican state Senator [[Max T. Malone]] said onn learning of Bean's death: We lost a great individual today. He had a courageous battle with his medical problems that resulted from his military service. … His agenda was to bring the most he could to Shreveport and Bossier City -- that was his main agenda."<ref name=ksla>{{cite web|url=https://www.ksla.com/story/3232008/former-louisiana-state-senator-ron-bean-dies/|title=Former Louisiana State Senator Ron Bean Dies|publisher=KSLA-TV ([[CBS]] in [[Shreveport]])|date=April 19, 2005|accessdate=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
Bean's Caddo Parish colleague, former Republican state Senator [[Max T. Malone]] said onn learning of Bean's death: We lost a great individual today. He had a courageous battle with his medical problems that resulted from his military service. … His agenda was to bring the most he could to Shreveport and Bossier City -- that was his main agenda."<ref name=ksla>{{cite web|url=https://www.ksla.com/story/3232008/former-louisiana-state-senator-ron-bean-dies/|title=Former Louisiana State Senator Ron Bean Dies|publisher=KSLA-TV ([[CBS]] in [[Shreveport]])|date=April 19, 2005|accessdate=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
=="The ultimate in courage==
=="The ultimate in courage"==
In 2003, the Louisiana Senate gave the ailing Bean a standing ovation after his colleague Robert Jocelyn Barham of Oak Ridge in Morehouse Parish recalled the circumstances that led to Bean's health problems.
In 2003, the Louisiana Senate gave the ailing Bean a standing ovation after his colleague Robert Jocelyn Barham of Oak Ridge in Morehouse Parish recalled the circumstances that led to Bean's health problems.
Bean carried [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]] agents to the [[Bahamas]] to replace the crew assigned to then-President [[Richard M. Nixon]]; the helicopter developed problems and ditched in the water. Bean ingested jet fuel that brought about his later health problems. He continued to dive and saved six of the seven Secret Service agents.<ref name=ksla/>
Bean carried [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]] agents to the [[Bahamas]] to replace the crew assigned to then-President [[Richard M. Nixon]]; the helicopter developed problems and ditched in the water. Bean ingested jet fuel that brought about his later health problems. He continued to dive and saved six of the seven Secret Service agents.<ref name=ksla/>
==A low-key campaigner==
==A low-key campaigner==