How is it that one of the most healthy men in the world dies of prostate cancer at 62 only five years after diagnosis?

Andy Ripley: Rugby union international who later became a champion rower and successful businessman By Gavin Evans Saturday, 19 June 2010 Andy Ripley, who died on Thursday at the age of 62 after a five-year battle with prostate cancer, was renowned as a rampaging No 8 for the England rugby union side, but he was …