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KCS Chairman of the Board Passes Away

    HOUSTON, June 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- KCS Energy, (NYSE: KCS)
announced today with great sorrow the passing of its Chairman Stewart B. Kean,
68, after a brief illness.   Mr. Kean had served as non-executive chairman of
the company since 1988.  He had been president of Utility Propane Company, a
former subsidiary of KCS from 1965 to 1989.
    Mr. Kean was a past president of the National LP Gas Association and past
president of the World LP Gas Forum.  He was also president of the Liberty
Hall Foundation and a director of Elizabethtown Gas Company and Sovereign
Bancorp.
    Stewart was a good friend and his wisdom and guidance will be missed by
KCS.  We extend our sympathy and prayers to his family and friends.
    KCS is an independent energy company engaged in the acquisition,
exploration, development and production of natural gas and crude oil with
operations in the Mid-Continent and Gulf Coast regions.



SOURCE KCS Energy, Inc.




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