They met when he was 3 and she was just one day old. They’d go on to be married for 77 years — the longest married couple in presidential history.
By their own accounts, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter weren’t just spouses, but full partners who counted their relationship as their greatest achievement. Their bond endured a tumultuous single term in the White House, Jimmy’s fight with cancer and a long post-presidency life marked by modest living and community service.
Rosalynn died on Sunday at the age of 96, leaving Jimmy, the oldest surviving president at age 99, without his wife for the first time since his teenage years.
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