The death of Richard Branson's wife, Lady Joan Branson, could have been prevented if she had received medication to prevent blood clots, a British coroner reportedly found.Lady Branson died at 80 after being admitted to the hospital in November 2025 after a fall weeks earlier on Necker Island, a British Virgin Island owned by her billionaire husband.Her cause of death was determined to be a pulmonary embolism caused by deep vein thrombosis (DVT), in which a blood clot travels to the lungs and blocks an artery, the BBC reported.KIM KARDASHIAN REVEALS NEW HEALTH SCARE WITH HAUNTING CONNECTION TO FATHER'S CANCER DEATHSenior coroner Fiona Wilcox told Westminster Coroner's Court earlier this month that Lady Branson did not receive preventive anticoagulants, commonly known as blood thinners, at the hospital despite a "very high risk of developing deep vein thrombosis," according to the outlet.A British coroner concluded Lady Joan Branson's death likely could have been prevented with preventive blood-thinning medication.(Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)According to testimony during the legal inquest, Lady Branson's biggest risk factors included her immobility after a fracture following her fall."I do find her death would have likely been prevented and the lack of anticoagulation did cause or contribute to her death probably," Wilcox said.COMMON ANTIBIOTIC LINKED TO HIGHER RISK OF DEATH IN ADULTS, MAJOR STUDY FINDSWilcox added, however, that the case was not one of neglect because Branson did receive medical care.The inquest, she said, was to "explore the facts, come to the correct conclusions and learn lessons from this," The Independent reported.The inquest into Lady Joan Branson's death has drawn attention to the importance of preventing dangerous blood clots in hospitalized patients.
(Tim Graham/Sygma/Corbis via Getty Images))During the inquest, doctors gave differing testimony about whether bleeding risk justified withholding the medication, namely enoxaparin, an injec...