Former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter has died. The 96-year-old wife of former President Jimmy Carter died on Sunday afternoon (local time) in her hometown of Plains, Georgia, “peacefully in the company of her family. ,” said one of the Foundation founded by the Carters. “Rosalynn has been my equal partner in everything I have ever accomplished,” the foundation quoted 99-year-old Jimmy Carter as saying.
“As long as Rosalynn was in the world, I always knew someone loved and supported me,” the former president said. In May, it was announced that Rosalynn Carter was suffering from dementia. The foundation only announced on Friday that the 96-year-old was receiving palliative care at home. Jimmy Carter has also been receiving palliative care at home with his family since mid-February.
Socially involved and politically influential
Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter married in 1946 – the couple has four children. The former first lady campaigned on social issues and wrote several books. She is said to have had significant influence on policy in the White House during her husband’s presidency. The Democratic politician from the state of Georgia in the southern United States was president of the US from 1977 to 1981, until he was replaced by Republican Ronald Reagan.
Carter is the oldest living former US president. No other of the 45 presidents lived to be older than Carter, and no one was an ex-president for anywhere near as long as he was. The Georgia peanut farmer has also survived several serious illnesses, including skin cancer that had already spread to the brain and liver.
Last performance in September
In the winter, the couple’s foundation announced that the ex-president no longer wanted to take any further medical steps after a series of hospital stays. In September, he surprised everyone with a public performance at a peanut parade in his hometown of Plains. Carter and his wife Rosalynn showed up in a dark limousine.
Source: Krone
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