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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/>

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."​ Kelly said much of the talk among legislators at the funeral only days earlier for state Senator John Joseph Hainkel, Jr. (1938-2005) of [[New Orleans]] was of their friend Bean. Hines, who succeeded Hainkel as Senate President, said that it had "been a tough, tough few days we've had here."​

"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."​  

 

Kelly said much of the talk among legislators at the funeral only days earlier for state Senator John Joseph Hainkel, Jr. (1938-2005) of [[New Orleans]] was of their friend Bean. Hines, who succeeded Hainkel as Senate President, said that it had "been a tough, tough few days we've had here."​

===Bean and Tarver===

===Bean and Tarver===

"I used to drive to his house late at night and we'd go places together; we just became big buddies. ... I could tell you a lot of funny things Ron did and I did, but none of them for print. He was a character," said Tarver.​ Bean often told Tarver, whose family is in the funeral home business, that he'd be "the first white man you'll ever have to bury."​ Tarver added, "That was our standing joke. … I told him that my family had [then] been in the business for 105 years, and we ain't [sic] buried a white man yet. We'd joke about that all the time."​

"I used to drive to his house late at night and we'd go places together; we just became big buddies. ... I could tell you a lot of funny things Ron did and I did, but none of them for print. He was a character," said Tarver.​ Bean often told Tarver, whose family is in the funeral home business, that he'd be "the first white man you'll ever have to bury."​ Tarver added, "That was our standing joke. … I told him that my family had [then] been in the business for 105 years, and we ain't [sic] buried a white man yet. We'd joke about that all the time."​

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>