Lillian Gordy Carter former president was diagnosed with cancer in 2015, at the age of 90. In 2010, he had a severe stomach ache which was mistaken as that disease. He has been a fund-raiser and booster for research into a cure for the disease. In 2001, a major nursing center was dedicated in her honor in Plains by Jimmy Carter in recognition of her first years of service to the community as a nurse. In 2011 she was inducted into the Georgia Women of Achievement. Lillian Gordy Carter Bessie Lillian Gordy Carter (August 15, 1898 – October 30, 1983) was the mother
Lillian Roxon and other papers, donated by her family and her close friend, the film producer, Margaret Fink. Lillian Roxon died at the age of 41 on 10 August 1973, after suffering a severe asthma attack in her New York apartment. She was survived by two brothers Jack and Milo. Both parents predeceased her and she never married or had children. Her niece, Nicola Roxon, the former Australian politician, was the federal Attorney-General 2012–13. In August 2002, a biography of Lillian Roxon was published in Australia by Black Inc.: "Lillian Roxon, Mother of Rock", written by the Sydney-based journalist and author Robert