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Sir Richard Branson Announces Death of Wife Joan After 50 Years Together
Sir Richard Branson shared an emotional tribute for his wife Joan Templeman, highlighting her role as a stabilizing force and loving mother to their children and grandchildren.
- Sir Richard Branson announced late Tuesday that Joan Templeman, his wife, has died at age 80 on Instagram and LinkedIn.
- Long ago they first met at The Manor recording studio in Oxfordshire and later married on Necker Island, Branson's private island.
- In a posted tribute, Branson said they shared fifty incredible years, the family and several grandchildren were devastated, and `Joan was a down-to-earth Scottish lady and I quickly realised she wouldn't be impressed by my usual antics`.
- No cause of death was disclosed, and Sir Richard Branson noted Joan had recently been recovering from a back injury in hospital in England.
- Branson often told the story of how he courted Templeman by persistently hanging around an antiques shop in Notting Hill, buying old hand-painted tin signs before their upcoming 50th anniversary of meeting.
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‘My Guiding Light, My World’: Richard Branson Pays Tribute to Late Wife Joan Templeman
Richard Branson has remembered his late wife Joan Templeman as the “shining star” around which the Branson “family’s universe has always orbited.” In a pair of posts on Instagram, Branson, the British businessman who founded the Virgin Group and launched scores of recording careers through his labels Virgin Records and V2, said he was “devastated” at the death of Templeman, aged 80. “Heartbroken to share that Joan, my wife and partner for 50…
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