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
Burn Down the Mission Burn Down the Mission "Burn Down the Mission" is the tenth and final song on Elton John's album "Tumbleweed Connection", released in 1970. "Burn Down the Mission" is musically driven by the story told by Bernie Taupin's lyrics, as is common in John/Taupin collaborations. The lyrics themselves, while telling a simple story, are vague enough to be open to interpretation. Ostensibly the story is that of a poor community oppressed by a rich and powerful force, and the narrator, driven by some sort of revelation, has decided to take direct action to remedy the situation. However, his attempt fails and