Kiley died of an unspecified bone marrow disease at Horton Hospital in Middletown, N.Y, on March 5, 1999, less than a month before his 77th birthday. He was survived by his wife and six children, sons David and Michael Kiley and daughters Kathleen, Dorothea, Erin and Deirdre. His remains were interred in Warwick. Broadway's Lights went dark in his honor.