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(AP) \u2014\u00a0Former first lady Rosalynn Carter<\/a><\/span>, the closest adviser to\u00a0Jimmy Carter<\/a><\/span>\u00a0during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, has died at the age of 96.<\/p>

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The Carter Center<\/a><\/span>\u00a0said she died Sunday after living with dementia and suffering many months of declining health.<\/p>\n

The Carters were married for more than 77 years, forging what they both described as a \u201cfull partnership.\u201d Unlike many\u00a0previous first ladies<\/a><\/span>, Rosalynn sat in on Cabinet meetings, spoke out on controversial issues and represented her husband on foreign trips. Aides to President Carter sometimes referred to her \u2014 privately \u2014 as \u201cco-president.\u201d<\/p>

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\u201cRosalynn is my best friend … the perfect extension of me, probably the most influential person in my life,\u201d Jimmy Carter told aides during their White House years, which spanned from 1977-1981.<\/p>

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(AP) \u2014\u00a0Former first lady Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to\u00a0Jimmy Carter\u00a0during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, has died at the age of 96. The Carter Center\u00a0said she died Sunday after living with dementia and suffering many months of declining health. 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