Eve Branson She was a founding member of ICMEC's Board of Directors in 1999, seeking to generate awareness of the Centre's work, and her son Richard was ICMEC's founding sponsor. She was married to Edward James Branson, a former cavalryman. He died on 19 March 2011 in his sleep at the age of 93. In 2011, Branson escaped the fire at her son's Caribbean island home on Necker Island, and Kate Winslet who was also at the house at the time picked her up and helped her down four steps. Eve Branson Evette Huntley Branson (née Flindt; born 12 July 1924) is
Richard Branson 100 Greatest Britons on the BBC and voted for by the public. Branson was also ranked in 2007's "Time" magazine "Top 100 Most Influential People in the World". On 7 December 2007, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon presented Branson with the United Nations Correspondents Association Citizen of the World Award for his support for environmental and humanitarian causes. On 24 January 2011, Branson was awarded the German Media Prize (organised by "Media Control Charts"), previously handed to former US president Bill Clinton and the Dalai Lama. On 14 November 2011, Branson was awarded the ISTA Prize by the International