Editing Richard Hadlee (section)

==Personal life==

Hadlee was born on 3 July 1951 at [[St Albans, New Zealand|St Albans]], [[Christchurch]]. His father [[Walter Hadlee]], and two of his four brothers, [[Dayle Hadlee|Dayle]] and [[Barry Hadlee|Barry]], played cricket for [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]]. His former wife [[Karen Hadlee|Karen]] also played international cricket for New Zealand.<ref name="Profile">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37224.html |title=Richard Hadlee |publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=21 August 2012}}</ref>

Having discovered that he had [[Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome]] six months after retiring, he had heart surgery in July 1991. Hadlee had the syndrome since birth and felt some of the effects like irregular heartbeat during his career.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kamath |first=Amit |date=2016-06-16 |title=Richard Hadlee calls his fight with heart disease his greatest Test |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/richard-hadlee-calls-his-fight-with-heart-disease-his-greatest-test/story-5abqJ81OqCNhTYxQzWir7N.html |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=[[Hindustan Times]] |language=en}}</ref> Hadlee continues to lead an active life and works with the [[National Heart Foundation of New Zealand|Heart Foundation]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-02-15 |title=Sir Richard Hadlee opens his heart on 'My Greatest Test Match' |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/101471172/sir-richard-hadlee-opens-his-heart-on-my-greatest-test-match |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref>

In June 2018, Hadlee was diagnosed with [[bowel cancer]] and underwent tumour removal surgery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/amp/cricket/44463463|title=Sir Richard Hadlee: New Zealand Legend Diagnosed with Bowel Cancer|publisher=BBC|access-date=15 June 2018|date=15 June 2018}}</ref>