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Sir Richard Branson Announces Death of Wife Joan After 50 Years Together
Sir Richard Branson, 75, mourns his wife Joan Templeman, 80, his "best friend" and mother of their two children after 50 years together, with no cause of death disclosed.
- 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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