Longtime Milwaukee Journal Sentinel columnist Eugene Kane, who spent nearly three decades with the newspaper, was found dead in his Milwaukee apartment Thursday, the Journal Sentinel reported. He was 63.
No foul was suspected, according to the report, and Kane will be tested for COVID-19.
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Kane graduated in 1980 with his bachelor’s degree in journalism from Temple University. In September 1984, he moved to Milwaukee to join the Milwaukee Journal. Kane covered a number of beats in his early years with the newspaper, but became best known as a columnist.
His “Raising Kane” column frequently stirred the pot on the impact of race in Milwaukee and won numerous awards, including earning him a prestigious Knight Fellowship at Stanford University during the 1992-1993 academic year. He also served as a lecturer at Marquette University and UW-Milwaukee and hosted a TV show, “Black Noveau,” on Milwaukee Public Television.
Kane left the Journal Sentinel in 2012, and two years later he was inducted into the Wisconsin Media Hall of Fame.
