Editing Jerome Cavanagh (section)

==Later career==
The latter part of Cavanagh's second term was also difficult for him personally. Cavanagh had run for the [[United States Senate]] in 1966 but lost in the Democratic primary to former governor [[G. Mennen Williams]].<ref name = "phoo"/>  In July 1967, Cavanagh's wife Mary Helen filed for separation, and the couple split the custody of their eight children.<ref name = "law">{{Cite news| title = Cavanaghs File to Separate | newspaper = Lawrence Journal-World | date = Jul 19, 1967 | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XlQxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SeYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=7324,1832323&dq=mary-helen-cavanagh&hl=en}}</ref>  In October, Cavanagh counter-sued,<ref name = "law2">{{Cite news| title = Detroit's Mayor Seeking Divorce | newspaper = Lawrence Journal-World | date = Oct 26, 1967| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mVUyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KeYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4189,6480015&dq=mary-helen-cavanagh&hl=en}}</ref> and in 1968 the couple went through a contentious and public divorce.<ref name = "wind2">{{Cite news| title = Cavanaghs Fight it out in Public | newspaper = The Windsor Star | date = Jul 17, 1968| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=djQ_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=dlEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6173,1809496&dq=mary-helen-cavanagh&hl=en}}</ref>

After Cavanagh left office, he returned to his private law practice in Detroit and was also one of the first adjunct professors at the newly created Public Policy Department (later renamed The Gerald Ford Public Policy Institute) at the [[University of Michigan]].<ref name = "phoo"/>  In 1974, Cavanagh again ran for office, this time for Governor, but lost in the primary election to Democrat [[Sander Levin]], who later lost in the general election to Republican [[William Milliken]].<ref name = "phoo"/> It was Cavanagh's last attempt at political office.

Cavanagh died of a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] on November 27, 1979, at St. Joseph Hospital in [[Lexington, Kentucky]], while visiting a client in that city. He was 51 years old. He is buried in Mt. Elliott Cemetery in Detroit.