Kane died May 18 at a hospital in Kansas surrounded by family, McGinnis told TMZ. His cause of death was complications from a stroke he suffered in 2020.

At the time of the medical emergency, his daughter Sam Kane shared on Facebook that the voice actor suffered "a left-sided stroke that gave him right-sided weakness and damage to the speech center of his brain."

She later continued, "My dad still remains in good spirits and his extreme stubbornness has helped him already show improvements in speech. He is fully on board with me sharing this and he will see anything you guys post."

Kane’s impressive career began at age 15 when he started doing professional voiceover work for local projects.

“I was here in Overland Park, Kansas,” Kane told his alma mater the University of Kansas in an interview published in 2013. “I was a bored teenager, and I just thought it would be fun to hear myself on television. I didn’t know anybody got paid for it.”

By 24, he had recorded hundreds of commercials and was beginning to land major spots on national TV, according to his official website.

Since then, his voice has been featured in Shrek, Scooby Doo and The Wild Thornberrys, to name a few. 

Kane even served as the live, off-camera announcer for five Academy Awards broadcasts on ABC, with the most recent gig being in 2018. 

“I talk for a living,” he added to KU. “It’s the cartoons, they’re the things that make the biggest splash.”