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    Rosalynn Carter, transformative former first lady and mental health advocate, dies

    The wife of former President Jimmy Carter was 96 years old. She spent decades as a prominent advocate for mental health and professionalized the role of first lady.
    by Chloee Weiner Nov 19, 2023 5 minutes
    Former first lady Rosalynn Carter speaks during a Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, May 26, 2011. Carter urged reauthorization of the Older Americans Act, which provides older Americans access to care-giving services.
    Updated November 19, 2023 at 9:13 PM ET

    Rosalynn Carter, the wife of former President Jimmy Carter and a longtime mental health advocate and humanitarian, died on Sunday in her home in Plains, Ga., surrounded by family, according to the Carter Center. She was 96.

    The Carter Center announced Rosalynn Carter was in hospice care on Friday. Her family said earlier this year that she was diagnosed with dementia. Jimmy Carter, who is 99, has been in hospice care since February.

    "Rosalynn was my equal partner in everything I ever accomplished," the former president said in a statement. "She gave me wise guidance and encouragement when I needed it. As long as Rosalynn was in the world, I always knew somebody loved and supported me."

    President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden remembered the "hope, warmth and optimism" of the former first lady, in a joint

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