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Kane was an ad hoc ambassador for his adopted city and its music and culture whenever he attended national conferences and visiting conventions. He served on the board of the Choice Foundation and the Center for Development and Learning and was a fellow at the Loyola Institute of Politics. He was also affiliated with Rotary International and the Stratford Club.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?n=kevin-patrick-kane&pid=182210540|title=''New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=October 28, 2016|accessdate=June 16, 2017}}</ref>  

Kane was an ad hoc ambassador for his adopted city and its music and culture whenever he attended national conferences and visiting conventions. He served on the board of the Choice Foundation and the Center for Development and Learning and was a fellow at the Loyola Institute of Politics. He was also affiliated with Rotary International and the Stratford Club.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?n=kevin-patrick-kane&pid=182210540|title=''New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=October 28, 2016|accessdate=June 16, 2017}}</ref>  

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/> I

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 the institute since 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>

n recognizing Kane's death, the ''[[National Review]]'', founded in 1955 by [[William F. Buckley, Jr.]], wrote that the "Pelican Institute was often a one-man shop, but even as Kevin endured sixteen months of cancer with astonishing grace, he made arrangements to keep Pelican going after his own departure. Kevin remained determined that even after his death, his work would help Louisiana’s civil society become as strong as its culture is memorable.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/441598/kevin-kane-good-citizen-free-market-hero|title=Good Citizen Kane: In memory of a New Orleans free-market hero|author=[[Quin Hilyer]] and [[Deroy Murdock]]|publisher=''[[National Review]]''|date=October 31, 2016|accessdate=July 10, 2017}}</ref> 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 the institute since 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>

(Kane is unrelated to the [[Canada|Canadian]] songwriter also named Kevin Kane.)

(Kane is unrelated to the [[Canada|Canadian]] songwriter also named Kevin Kane.)