Milwaukee Journalist Eugene Kane dies at 63

April 17, 2020 9:51 AM

"He Said the Things that Needed to be Said" Eugene Kane, famed Milwaukee journalist, has died at age 63. Eugene Kane wrote for many Milwaukee publications, including the Milwaukee Journal (later the Journal-Sentinel). A quote from Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett: “Eugene was an incredibly gifted writer, and more importantly than that, he was an incredibly passionate person about equity and justice in our society, and specifically in our city."

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel obituary (kind of paywalled).
OnMilwaukee.com obituary.

Recent columns:
"What Would Martin Luther King Think?
"The N-Word Still Hurts" (Probably NSFW, CW: n-word)

posted by Slinga (8 comments total)

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posted by a snickering nuthatch at 9:57 AM on April 17, 2020

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posted by Fizz at 10:06 AM on April 17, 2020

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posted by kuppajava at 11:52 AM on April 17, 2020

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posted by amusebuche at 6:21 PM on April 17, 2020

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posted by gudrun at 6:28 PM on April 17, 2020

I was a fan.

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posted by drezdn at 7:10 PM on April 17, 2020

Aw man. I only read one thing from the Journal/Sentinel as an 80's teenager in Milwaukee: The Green Sheet (which is probably long gone), and looked forward to Eugene Kane's column in it.

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posted by droplet at 11:20 PM on April 17, 2020 [2 favorites]

Ah, crap. I was among the last paperboys (paperkids?) to deliver the Milwaukee Journal before it merged with the Sentinel and became a morning paper. I remember reading him until I moved away in the late 90s. It always amazes me when people put up with such shit and manage to stay funny, positive, productive. He was a good egg.
posted by look busy at 3:37 PM on April 18, 2020 [2 favorites]