Ex-England captain Strauss' wife Ruth dies aged 46 of lung cancer
Ex-England captain Andrew Strauss' wife Ruth Strauss died aged 46 following a battle with cancer. Ruth, who had married Andrew in 2003 and had two children with him, was diagnosed with a rare form of lung cancer in December last year. Strauss said it gave his family "huge comfort" that Ruth died in Australia, where she was born. 