Overview
- Branson announced her death on Tuesday via Instagram and LinkedIn, calling her his best friend, rock and guiding star.
- In a follow-up post, he said both had recently been hospitalized, she for a back injury, and that she died quickly and without pain as he sat beside her.
- No cause of death has been disclosed, and no details on arrangements have been announced.
- Their son Sam posted a public tribute on Instagram, describing her as the kindest and most generous woman and writing, "I love you to the moon and back."
- Branson and Templeman met in 1976 and married in 1989 on Necker Island; they had two surviving children, Holly and Sam, and their daughter Clare Sarah died days after birth in 1979.