He died , aged 81 , a few months after her in 1963 .
* Knighted in 1953 , the first professional cricketer to be so honoured , he spent his later years nursing his wife .
He died , aged 81 , a few months after wife in 1963 .
* Knighted in 1953 , the first professional cricketer to be so honoured , he spent his later years nursing his wife .