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Richard Luscombe in Miami

Rosalynn Carter, wife of Jimmy Carter, joins husband in hospice care

Rosalynn Carter, right, with her husband Jimmy at their 75th wedding anniversary in July 2021 in Plains, Georgia.
Rosalynn Carter, right, with her husband Jimmy at their 75th wedding anniversary in July 2021 in Plains, Georgia. Photograph: John Bazemore/AP

Jimmy Carter’s wife Rosalynn has entered hospice treatment at home, the former first lady joining the 99-year-old ex-president in end-of-life care at the couple’s Georgia residence, her family said on Friday.

The news came in a brief statement released by the human rights non-profit Carter Center, on behalf of Jason Carter, the grandson of the 39th president and his 96-year-old wife.

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