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Last Carter Family child Janette dies at 82
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KINGSPORT, Tenn. - Janette Carter, the last surviving child of
country music's founding Carter Family, who in recent years preserved
her parents' oldtime style with weekly performances, has died. She
was 82.
Family members said Carter, who had battled Parkinson's disease
and other illnesses, was taken to the Holston Valley Medical Center
on Tuesday. They said she appeared to be improving for a time, but
died on Sunday.
Carter was the daughter of A.P. and Sara Carter. Her parents...
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