Non-smoking lung cancers are mysteriously on the rise – and Ruth Strauss died of the disease in 2018. Her husband discusses his campaign for more research and how he and his two sons have coped
Andrew Strauss is on his way to Cornwall for a long weekend with his sons, Sam, 14 and Luca, 12, along with some
Friends from school, when I speak to him on the phone about RedforRuth. This weekend, for the second year, fans following the third Test will wear red, in memory of the cricketer’s wife, Ruth, who died at the end of 2018, and to raise money for the Ruth Strauss Foundation.
Its aim is an unusual combination, unique to her memory: to support children bereaved when a parent dies of
cancer, and to spur research into non-smoking related cancers. And his speech is unusual, too, a mix of emotional openness and complete pragmatism that is powerfully affecting.