Later Life
When the Fraser government was defeated by Hawke in 1983, Snedden immediately resigned from Parliament. He separated from his wife and withdrew from public life as his health declined from atherosclerosis and heart disease.
On 27 June 1987, just hours after attending John Howard's election campaign launch, Snedden suffered a fatal heart attack at the Travelodge at Rushcutters Bay, Sydney, while having sex with his son Drew Snedden's ex-girlfriend. Melbourne newspaper The Truth headlined its report "Snedden died on the job", while the Sydney Morning Herald reported that Snedden was wearing a condom and that "it was loaded".
He was Chairman of the Melbourne Football Club from 1981 to 1986, later a director of the Victorian Football League and also Patron of the Professional Boxing Association of Australia.
His daughter Fiona Snedden was elected to the Melbourne City Council in 2004 after an unsuccessful candidature for the Liberal Party in the seat of Melbourne Ports in the 1998 federal election. She stood for re-election in 2008 but lost her seat.
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