Jim and Al Retifâs Miss Nehi racing team also based out of New Orleans. All of the Nehiâs were first class and very competitive. The naming of the hydros was not random. The Retif family owned the RC Bottling Company in Baton Rouge and the Nehi brand was one of the sodas bottled at their plant. Iâm not sure if there was any sponsorship money involved but the Nehi brand sure got a lot of great exposure.
tributes flood in for James Bond 'Jaws' villain Richard Kiel who died yesterday aged 74. 1  Actor best known as the steel-toothed villain Jaws in 1970s Bond films. 2  Died yesterday at hospital in California - cause of death is not yet known. 3  Sir Roger Moore, who starred alongside Kiel, said he is 'totally distraught'.
Who Important Died Today. Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and renowned Holocaust survivor, dies at 87. Author and human rights activist made perpetuating the memory of the Shoah his lifeâs work. Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, prolific author and outspoken activist Elie Wiesel died Saturday at the age of 87.