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Ron Rice, a high school chemistry teacher who had been trained to explore for oil, but who instead made a fortune by concocting coconut-laced suntan lotion in a 20-gallon garbage can in his garage and seductively branding it Hawaiian Tropic, died on May 19 in Daytona Beach, Fla. He was 81.
His death, in a hospital, was announced by his family on Facebook. No cause was specified.
A dirt-poor boy from North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, Mr….
