Lynda Carter Details How Husband Robert Altman’s Death Inspired Her New Song ‘Rise Up’: Watch

Lynda Carter opens up about how her latest song came to be.

Earlier this week, Wonderful woman star, 72, appeared on Show Tamron Hallwhere she spoke candidly about her new single, “Rise Up,” which just came out.

Stating that the song was partially inspired by the death of her late husband Robert Altman — who died in February 2021 from myelofibrosis, a rare blood cancer — Carter told host Tamron Hall that her daughter Jessica Carter Altman, who is also a musician, has “the ability to move through her music… and she really inspired me.”

“She was playing her music and just stepping forward and really doing an amazing job, [but] I was stuck,” she explained. “I was completely paralyzed by my husband’s death.”

“I kept running away … going to all these places, and she said, ‘Mom, you just have to use your voice. You have to start writing again, because you’re such a good writer,'” Carter added. “And, you know, it’s the opposite of me pushing her. She was pushing me. I wasn’t an acting mom saying, ‘Oh! You can do it, honey. Go ahead.’ ”

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Robert Altman, Lynda Carter.

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Lynda Carter poses with lookalike daughter Jessica Carter Altman during a ‘relaxing’ birthday weekend

On “Rise Up,” which marks Carter’s latest single in decades, the star sings about social advocacy.

“There is only one world and only one choice / We must speak, let your voice be heard! / Come on and get up,” she sings on the song.

“I want this song to ignite an activist spirit in every person who listens to it,” the actress said in a statement obtained by PEOPLE about the new release. “We have the power to make a difference, and I truly believe that when we come together, our voices are amplified, and change becomes not only possible, but inevitable.”

‘Rise Up’ artwork.

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IN post shared on Xformerly known as Twitter, Carter invited her fans to submit a video of themselves doing their best Wonder Woman spin, highlighting their cause to fight for justice for a chance to be featured on her social media channels.

“Rise Up” is now available to buy and stream.

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