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Mayor Baughman, a longtime Kilpatrick friend, said that the former senator was "a great friend to many people and he was so well respected in all areas with a cross-section of people. . . . He was the kind of guy that you didn't have to see him or talk to him every day, but you knew he was there. K.D. was a man's man and he's going to be missed by so many people who he had helped in so many ways that none of us even knew about."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theinsurancenation.com/life-insurance/former-state-senator-businessman-k-d-kilpatrick-dies/|title=Former state senator, businessman K.D. Kilpatrick dies|publisher=''The Insurance Nation''|date=March 16, 2010|accessdate=March 18, 2012; no longer on-line}}</ref>​

Mayor Baughman, a longtime Kilpatrick friend, said that the former senator was "a great friend to many people and he was so well respected in all areas with a cross-section of people. . . . He was the kind of guy that you didn't have to see him or talk to him every day, but you knew he was there. K.D. was a man's man and he's going to be missed by so many people who he had helped in so many ways that none of us even knew about."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theinsurancenation.com/life-insurance/former-state-senator-businessman-k-d-kilpatrick-dies/|title=Former state senator, businessman K.D. Kilpatrick dies|publisher=''The Insurance Nation''|date=March 16, 2010|accessdate=March 18, 2012; no longer on-line}}</ref>​

Ryan Kilpatrick said that his grandfather "never missed an opportunity to teach his children and grandchildren a life lesson. He always wanted us to work hard and be our best. He had a passion for life and for people. Papaw treated everyone he met with respect and compassion, no matter who they were or where they were from. One of his favorite sayings was ‘leave it better than you found it.’ My grandfather did that in life. He left it better than he found it, and I’m better and we’re better because we found him.”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rustonleader.com/news.php?id=6436|author=Monica Crowe|title=Kilpatrick dies at 81publisher=''The Ruston Daily Leader,'' March 15, 2010|accessdate=March 19, 2010}}{{Dead link|date=September 2014}}</ref>​

Ryan Kilpatrick said that his grandfather "never missed an opportunity to teach his children and grandchildren a life lesson. He always wanted us to work hard and be our best. He had a passion for life and for people. Papaw treated everyone he met with respect and compassion, no matter who they were or where they were from. One of his favorite sayings was ‘leave it better than you found it.’ My grandfather did that in life. He left it better than he found it, and I’m better and we’re better because we found him.”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rustonleader.com/news.php?id=6436|author=Monica Crowe|title=Kilpatrick dies at 81|publisher=''The Ruston Daily Leader''|date=March 15, 2010|accessdate=March 19, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref>​

Kilpatrick was not related to state Senator [[Virginia Shehee|Virginia Kilpatrick Shehee]] of [[Shreveport]], who until her death owned a chain of funeral homes in northwestern Louisiana.

Kilpatrick was not related to state Senator [[Virginia Shehee|Virginia Kilpatrick Shehee]] of [[Shreveport]], who until her death owned a chain of funeral homes in northwestern Louisiana.