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Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are known for being a global power couple

People paid respects to former first lady Rosalynn Carter, SpaceX launched a massive rocket, and President Biden pardoned two turkeys, Liberty and Bell. In the world of sports, college football and basketball were in full swing and Formula One raced through the streets of Las Vegas.

The former first lady fought with persistence to put care for mental and physical health on equal footing and to eliminate discrimination toward people with mental illnesses.

So on this Thanksgiving Day let’s give thanks for the hope of a humanitarian pause to free victims from unspeakable carnage and pause as Americans to count our blessings — and try not to abandon each other.

Former first lady died at 96 years old on Sunday in Georgia

Rosalynn Carter used her powerful posts to address injustices as her husband rose in politics, especially those imposed as part of the racist Jim Crow system that prevailed in Georgia

Rosalynn Carter's advocacy for mental health started during her husband's 1966 campaign for governor, when she spoke almost daily with Georgia families struggling to get help for their loved ones

Former first lady died at 96 years old on Sunday in Georgia

Rosalynn Carter’s tiny hometown of Plains, Georgia, is mourning the death of the former U.S. first lady and global humanitarian, who died Sunday at 96

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter died at family home in Georgia over the weekend

By their own accounts, the former president and first lady weren't just spouses, but full partners who counted their relationship as their greatest achievement.