Carter, who suffered from dementia, entered hospice care on Friday.
She died at 2:10 p.m.
ET at her and her husbands home in Plains, GA, the center said.
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, in 1993The Carter Center/Everett Collection
She gave me wise guidance and encouragement when I needed it.
As long as Rosalynn was in the world, I always knew somebody loved and supported me.
The Carters were married for 77 years, the longest of any presidential couple.
The former president, now 99, entered hospice care earlier this year.
Her life of service and compassion was an example for all Americans.
She told the AP in 2021, I love it.
I had the best time.
I was in all the states in the United States.
I campaigned solid every day the last time we ran.
Largely a political unknown, he waged a long shot bit against a field of higher profile Democrats.
She attended her husbands cabinet meetings, a first for a first lady.
I think that is always helpful.
Carter also said in the interview that she chose to advocate for mental health during her husbands gubernatorial campaign.
Many people she met told her of the states lack of services.
I knew I had to have something to do besides coffee and teas, Carter said.
I had worked all my life, and I wanted something to do that was significant.
The bill, the first such legislation ever passed by Congress, provided grants to community mental health centers.
She also founded the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers at Georgia Southwestern State University.
She also was the author of five books.
According to Alters book, Jimmy went to pick up Rosalynn and was instantly smitten.
Id glow when her diminished voice would clear
my muddled thoughts, like lightning flashing in
a gloomy sky.
They were married the following year, on July 7, 1946.
It was their last public appearance.
A grandson died in 2015.
Funeral services have not yet been announced.
