11/28/2023

President Biden to Join Memorial Mourners of Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter

The service is occurring today

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will help lead tributes to Rosalynn Carter, the former U.S. first lady who died Nov. 19 at age 96, at a memorial service in Atlanta on Tuesday.

Her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, who called her "an extension of myself" and has been in hospice care at home, was expected to attend the service at the Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church, his office said. Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Bill Clinton and former first ladies Laura Bush, Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama and Melania Trump were also due to take part.

Rosalynn Carter was diagnosed with dementia in May, her family said. She died shortly after entering hospice care at home in Plains, Georgia, alongside her husband, a Democrat who gave his wife a prominent voice during his 1977-1981 presidency and supported her advocacy for the cause of mental health.

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