I was also very sorry to hear that Andrew Strauss’s wife had died. I knew nothing of her except that Strauss had resigned from his job as Director of England Cricket in order to look after her and their two young sons. She was only 46. Whenever someone dies young, I ask myself, ‘What have you done in the extra years you’ve been granted and they didn’t have?’ The answer is always, ‘Not enough.’
RIP
I was also very sorry to hear that Andrew Strauss’s wife had died. I knew nothing of her except that Strauss had resigned from his job as Director of England Cricket in order to look after her and their two young sons. She was only 46. Whenever someone dies young, I ask myself, ‘What have you done in the extra years you’ve been granted and they didn’t have?’ The answer is always, ‘Not enough.’
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