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Richard Branson shared that his wife Joan Templeman died on Tuesday, Nov. 25 at age 80.

The Virgin founder posted the news on Instagram alongside a photo of his partner of 50 years

Days earlier he had shared another photo with Joan from 1998 that would take on new meaning after news of her death

Sir Richard Branson shared a sweet post about his wife, just two days before the news of her death.

The billionaire Virgin founder took to Instagram to share a photo of himself and his wife, Joan Templeman , from February 1998. The pair have their arms wrapped around one another, Branson with a big smile and one fist raised in the air in celebration and Templeman grinning alongside him with her face tucked into his shoulder.

He captioned it simply, "Love this photo of Joan."

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