Rosalynn Carter, a true life partner to Jimmy Carter who helped propel him from rural Georgia to the White House in a single decade and became the most politically active first lady since Eleanor Roosevelt, died on Sunday in Plains, Ga. She was 96. The Carter Center in Atlanta announced her death. On Friday, the center said she had entered hospice care at home. Mr. Carter, 99, the longest-living president in American history, has also been in hospice care at their home, but so far he has defied expectations. Mrs. Carter was the second longest-lived first lady; Bess Truman, the widow of President Harry S. Truman, was 97 when she died in 1982.

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Persons: Rosalynn Carter, Jimmy Carter, Eleanor Roosevelt, Carter, ”, Bess Truman, Harry S, Truman Organizations: White, Carter, Carter Center Locations: Georgia, Plains ,, Atlanta, Plains