Rosalynn Carter, outspoken former first lady, dies at 96
Former first lady Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, died Sunday after many months of declining health. Read more.
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The Carter Center said she died peacefully surrounded by family at her rural Georgia home of Plains on Sunday afternoon.
“Rosalynn was my equal partner in everything I ever accomplished,” former President Jimmy Carter said in a statement, adding: “As long as Rosalynn was in the world, I always knew somebody loved and supported me.”
The Carters were married for more than 77 years, forging what they both described as a “full partnership.” Unlike many previous first ladies, Rosalynn sat in on Cabinet meetings, spoke out on controversial issues and represented her husband on foreign trips.
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