RICHMOND, VA – Washington and the world are remembering former First Lady Rosalynn Carter.
Carter, the lifelong partner and the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. President and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, has died. She passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, the Carter Center announced. She was 96.
Former President Jimmy Carter called her “an extension of myself” highlighting his wife’s prominent role in his administration even as she tirelessly promoted the cause of mental health, and acted as a political adviser to her husband.
“Well, we talk about all the issues,” Rosalynn Carter once said. “We talk about the strategy of the campaign, we always have. And I think we just have a mutual respect for each other.”
The former first lady had entered hospice care Friday and died with her family by her side.
Tributes for her life quickly came in from world leaders.
“You know, they’re really an incredible family because they brought so much grace to the (presidential) office,” President Joe Biden said.
All of the living former presidents and first ladies also praised her – among them, George W. Bush calling Carter a woman of dignity and
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