Overview
- Branson shared an image of candles surrounding Joan’s portrait, saying the King of Bhutan, monks and people of Bhutan honored her in the main monastery.
- He said Joan, 80, died on 24 November and that he announced her passing the next day on Instagram.
- Branson recounted that a cycling fall in India led to his being placed on the same hospital corridor in England as Joan, allowing him to be at her side when she died "quickly and painlessly."
- Son Sam Branson posted a personal tribute describing his mother as kind, loving, warm and generous, with celebrity friends sending condolences in comments.
- The family has not disclosed further medical details, and Joan is survived by Richard, children Holly and Sam, and five grandchildren.