They are a presidential couple. American President Jimmy Carter, who celebrated his 99th birthday on October 1, and his wife Rosalynn, have been married for 77 years. A silica wedding that few people in the world can experience. Unfortunately, Rosalynn Carter, aged 96, would live his last moments of life. According to official statements from Washington, the former First Lady is in palliative care at her home due to irreversible neurodegenerative disorders. She thus joins her husband, almost a hundred years old, who has also been experiencing a palliative end of life for several months.
The Carter Center Foundation, which manages the image and legacy of the presidential couple, announced that Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter lived their last moments of life togetherpeacefully, at their home, and refused any hospitalization that would take them away from each other: “The former first lady and President Carter are spending time together and with their families. The Carter family continues to ask for privacy and is grateful for all the expressions of love and support received.” can we read in a brief press release published this Saturday, November 18, 2023.
They had 4 children, 8 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.
The oldest American president still alive, recipient of a Nobel Peace Prize like Barack Obama, Jimmy Carter has been in palliative care since February 2013 in their Georgian home in Plains. He is the American president of all records: aged 99, married for 77 years, he is also the president who experienced the longest life after the White House, which he left already 42 years ago. Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter gave birth to four children, Jack Carter (1947), Chip Carter (1950), Jeffrey Carter (1952) and Amy Lynn Carter (1967). They are the grandparents of eight grandchildren and also have two great-grandsons.