Former Chinese Bandit Robert Rice dies at 69! www.lsusports.net BATON ROUGE -- Robert Rice, a member of the LSU Tigers’ vaunted Chinese Bandits defensive unit, has died at the age of 69. Born Jan. 26, 1940, in Kenedy, Texas, Rice was raised in Lake Charles and graduated from LaGrange High School in 1958. He attended LSU and received a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering while playing football for the Tigers from 1958 to 1963. Rice worked for Martin-Marietta as a senior sales executive. He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert E. Rice and Varenus Collins Rice, who were of Lake Charles. He is survived by his wife, Kay; sons, Jeff Rice and wife Cindy, of Baton Rouge and Jeremy Benson, of Dallas; daughter, Shelby Benson, of Austin, Texas; sister, Lottie Rae Courvelle and husband Donnie, of Lake Charles; granddaughters, Tyler, Baldwin and Greer Rice; and nieces, Lindsay Bollotte Ardoin and husband Marvin, of Lake Charles, Haley Bollotte Pole and husband Dustin, of Welsh. Visitation at Lutheran Church of Our Savior, 3555 Jones Creek Road, Thursday, Nov. 12, from 9 a.m. until service at 11 a.m.
Thanks for posting that. The thrills of names like "the Chinese Bandits" and "Cannon" coming over my dad's old bedside radio, entranced me as a five year old. I have been a fan since. HWR
