Editing Andy Haden (section)

==Later years==
Haden was an agent for various celebrities, including [[Rachel Hunter]].<ref name=AP/>  He was given the honorary position of Rugby World Cup Ambassador in 2010, but resigned the post after making controversial statements about a racial quota he alleged the [[Crusaders (rugby union)|Crusaders]] to be operating, calling Polynesians "darkies", and then suggesting women raped by sports stars may be partly to blame.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10657851 |title=Haden to be axed for rape comments |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=10 July 2010 |first1=Derek |last1=Cheng |first2=Rachel |last2=Tiffen |access-date=10 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10657901|title=Haden resigns as RWC ambassador |newspaper=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=10 July 2010}}</ref>

In 2003, Haden announced that he was beginning chemotherapy for [[chronic lymphocytic leukaemia]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=3524721 |title=Rugby: Former All Black Haden fighting cancer |date=22 September 2003|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=21 July 2020}}</ref> He overcame this bout of illness, but in February 2020 was diagnosed with lymphoma.<ref name="NZH obit">{{cite news |title=Rugby: All Blacks legend Andy Haden loses battle with cancer |url= https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12351938 |access-date=29 July 2020 |newspaper=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=29 July 2020}}</ref> He consequently died of lymphoma on 29 July 2020, at his home in Auckland. He was 69 years old.<ref name=AP/><ref name="NZH obit"/>