Editing Mike Denness (section)

==Later life==
Denness became a committee member at Kent, and was chairman of cricket at Kent until he resigned in 2004 over a dispute involving [[Andrew Symonds]].  He was president of [[Kent County Cricket Club]] in 2012–13, Denness was appointed [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to sport.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=60367 |date=29 December 2012 |page=10 |supp=y}}</ref>

He published his autobiography, ''I Declare'', in 1977.  He was an inaugural member of both the [[Scottish Sports Hall of Fame]] and [[Scottish Cricket Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The names in the Hall of Fame |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2530591.stm |website=BBC News |access-date=28 June 2024 |date=30 November 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Scottish cricket launches Hall of Fame |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/scotland-news-scottish-cricket-launches-hall-of-fame-542926 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=28 June 2024 |date=29 November 2011}}</ref>

He married his childhood sweetheart, Molly, in 1964.  They had a son and two daughters.  They were divorced.{{fact|date=August 2020}}

Denness died at the age of 72, on 19 April 2013, after a long battle with cancer.<ref name="BBC_death">{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/22222995 | title=Mike Denness, former England captain, dies of cancer | publisher=BBC | date=19 April 2013| access-date=19 April 2013}}</ref> He was survived by his partner, Doreen Wadlow, and his three children.