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  1. Browse Getty Images' premium collection of high-quality, authentic Lillian Gordy Carter photos & royalty-free pictures, taken by professional Getty Images photographers. Available in multiple sizes and formats to fit your needs.

  2. Shortly after her eldest son left office in January 1981, Carter was diagnosed with breast cancer. While her cancer was in remission in April 1983, her younger daughter, Ruth Carter Stapleton, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and died on September 26, 1983, aged 54.

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  4. Feb 26, 2023 · Lillian Carter died of breast cancer on Oct. 30, 1983, at age 85. In 1986, the Peace Corps established the Lillian Carter Award, recognizing exceptional volunteers who served at age 50 or...

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  5. Mar 8, 2011 · Lillian Carter, mother of former President Jimmy Carter is shown with Jimmy in 1977 in Americus, Ga. Lillian Carter died in 1983 at age 85. His father died in 1953, never knowing his son...

  6. Jan 11, 2011 · Jan 11, 2011. Although she’s best known as the mother of President Jimmy Carter, Lillian Gordy Carter lived a remarkable life of her own. During an era when women were expected to take a backseat...

  7. Jun 19, 2020 · 1.1K views 3 years ago. Raised in rural, southern Georgia, Lillian Gordy Carter was trained as a nurse and spent her life opposing the strict codes of segregation. After the death of her...

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  8. Bessie Lillian Gordy was born August 15, 1898 to James and Mary Ida Gordy in Richland, Georgia, a town a few miles west of Plains. She was the daughter of a postmaster and a homemaker.

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