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Rosalynn Carter in
Nashville
,
Tennessee
in 2019.
Image: U.S. Department of State.
On the afternoon of November 19 local time (1910 UTC),
The Carter Center
announced, former First Lady of the
United States
Rosalynn Carter
, wife of former President
Jimmy Carter
, died. According to the Center, "[s]he died peacefully, with family by her side" in
Plains
,
Georgia
, at home. She was 96 years old.
The Center said two days before, Rosalynn Carter was under
palliative care
at her residence. She had a May diagnosis of
dementia
.
In a statement from the Center, former President Carter said, "Rosalynn was my equal partner in everything I ever accomplished."
"As long as Rosalynn was in the world, I always knew somebody loved and supported me," he said. The couple had a 77-year marriage and four children.
Preceding three siblings, in 1927 First Lady Carter, then Eleanor Rosalynn Smith, was born. 13-year-old Rosalynn's father died, with her mother working as a
seamstress
.
Carter worked on the family peanut farm of her husband's family.
Reporters nicknamed her the "Steel Magnolia". After
Ronald Reagan
's administration succeeded Jimmy Carter's in 1981, after one term, she promoted mental health. She was awarded the
Presidential Medal of Freedom
, one of the top United States honors for civilians, by
Bill Clinton
in 1999.
Among former U.S. presidents, Jimmy Carter is the oldest living, and several months ago announced he did not want to continue medical action.
Sources
- Keith Allen, Kate Andersen Brower. "
Rosalynn Carter, mental health activist, humanitarian and former first lady, dies at 96
" —
CNN
, November 20, 2023
- Richard Luscombe. "
Rosalynn Carter, wife of Jimmy Carter and former first lady, dies aged 96
" —
The Guardian
, November 19, 2023
- "
Rosalynn Carter ist tot
" —
Tagesschau (German TV programme)
, November 19, 2023
(
German
)
- "
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter Passes Away at Age 96
" —
The Carter Center
, November 19, 2023
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