| | Kane died at a [[hospice]] in New Orleans at the age of fifty of gastrointestinal [[cancer]].<ref name=hillyer/> He was survived by his wife of seventeen years, the former Lesley Ann Vance (born July 16, 1969); his daughters, Margaret Chamberlin "Molly" Kane and Vivian Ruth Kane; his mother, Kate Stowe Kane of Centerport, New York, and brothers, David Kane of [[Newark]], [[New Jersey]], and Tim Kane of [[Brooklyn]], New York. He was preceded in death by his father, Joseph Patrick Kane. A memorial service was held on November 4, 2016, at the St. Charles Avenue [[Presbyterian]] Church, of which he was an elder.<ref name=obit/> | | Kane died at a [[hospice]] in New Orleans at the age of fifty of gastrointestinal [[cancer]].<ref name=hillyer/> He was survived by his wife of seventeen years, the former Lesley Ann Vance (born July 16, 1969); his daughters, Margaret Chamberlin "Molly" Kane and Vivian Ruth Kane; his mother, Kate Stowe Kane of Centerport, New York, and brothers, David Kane of [[Newark]], [[New Jersey]], and Tim Kane of [[Brooklyn]], New York. He was preceded in death by his father, Joseph Patrick Kane. A memorial service was held on November 4, 2016, at the St. Charles Avenue [[Presbyterian]] Church, of which he was an elder.<ref name=obit/> |
| | + | Stephen Michael Gele (born April 16, 1968) was named president of the Pelican Institute upon Kane's passing. A New Orleans litigation lawyer, Gele has been affiliated with Pelican s9nce its founding.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pelicaninstitute.org/staff/|title=Pelican Institute for Public Policy Staff|publisher=Pelicaninstitute.org|accessdate=June 16, 2017}}</ref> |