‘SUDDENLY SHE WAS GONE’

Richard Branson Reveals Heartbreaking Moment His Wife Died

“We are devastated she is gone,” Branson said of his late wife, Joan Templeman.

Sir Richard Branson has issued an update regarding the death of his wife, Joan Templeman. Branson, 75, shared a statement on Instagram on Wednesday clarifying that she died “quickly and painlessly” while recovering from a back injury. ”As many already know, I’d come off my bike in India and hurt my shoulder. Joan was recovering from her own back injury in hospital in England,” Branson wrote. “In the way life sometimes surprises you, I found myself moved to a room just down the corridor from her. We laughed together about how typical it was of us to end up on the same floor, like love-struck teenagers delighted to find each other again. We had a lovely lunch that day. She was in positive spirits and getting stronger. She smiled at me, that radiant smile that lit up her whole face, the same smile I fell in love with the very first moment I saw her, half a century ago. Then suddenly, she was gone, quickly and painlessly. And thankfully, I was right by her side.” He did not reveal her cause of death. Branson and Templeman, 80, were married in 1989 and had three children: Holly, 44, Sam, 40, and Clare Sarah, who died when she was four days old. “Life will never be the same without her. But we have fifty incredible years of memories—years filled with tears and laughter, kindness, and a love that shaped our family more than words could ever capture,” Branson continued in the statement. “We just had lots of laughs. We were very lucky.