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Rosalynn Carter's advocacy for mental health began in 1966 during her husband’s first campaign for Georgia governor

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

Former President Carter, 99, entered hospice earlier this year

Watch live as Rosalynn Carter‘s tribute service takes place in Marietta, Georgia, after the former first lady passed away on Sunday 19 November in her Georgia home.

Jimmy Carter, 99, left hospice care at home for service for his late wife, but Trump, Obama and Bush did not attend

‘We have a big family now. We have 22 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, 38 of us in all,’ Carter told CNN in 2015

Former first lady died aged 96 on Sunday

Jimmy Carter, 99, was joined by First Lady Jill Biden as well as former First Ladies Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush, Michelle Obama and Melania Trump

Jimmy Carter, the 99-year-old former president whose lifelong love for his wife Rosalynn became a near legend in US politics, will bid farewell to her Tuesday in a ceremony also attended by President Joe Biden.

She was soft-spoken but politically savvy and determined to increase awareness about mental illness at a time when many were embarrassed to discuss it, a Chicago-based member of her advance team writes.

“She just quietly went about the business of trying to make the world a better place,” said Elizabeth Laudig, who drove 12 hours from Dallas to pay her respects. “She was not a showy or extravagant first lady, but she was humble, you know, kind, hardworking, and got things done…