Richard Branson was with his partner of 50 years when she died as both recovered in hospital from different ailments, the billionaire has shared.

A day after announcing wife Joan Templeman’s death at age 80 , the British business magnate said he and their two children are in mourning.

“Holly, Sam and I are all together now, doing our best to smile through the tears and to focus on all the good things Joan brought into our world,” the 75-year-old Virgin Group founder wrote on Instagram alongside a series of images of her and the family over the years.

No cause of death was revealed.

Branson said it was fate that brought them together at a hospital in England after he injured his shoulder falling off a bike in India and she was recovering from a back injury.

He was eventually moved to

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