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Rosalynn Carter died on November 19, 2023

20 November 2023  941 By: Celeste M. Richard

 

Rosalynn Carter, the wife of former President Jimmy Carter and a longtime mental health advocate and humanitarian, died on November 19 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."

The American  Camellia Society had registered two new cultivars named after the Carters: Camellia japonica 'Jimmy Carter' and 'Rosalynn Carter'. For the detailed story and photogarphs please check Camille Bielby's paper: "Namesake Camellia Presented to Former Prsident Jimmy Carter" , which was published  in the Camellia Journal, 74(1):20-21, 2019. 

Camellia japonica 'Rosalynn Carter'


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