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Sunday, December 29, 2024

 
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On Sunday, The Washington Post reported that Former US President Jimmy Carter died at age 100 at his residence in Plains, Georgia, according to his son James E. Carter III.

The Carter Center also confirmed his death via X.

Carter spent the last two years of his life receiving end of life care, and made his final public appearance in late 2023.

Carter was a former naval officer, farmer, and Georgia state politician whose long-shot candidacy resulted in him being elected the President of the United States in 1976. After serving a single term in office, Carter devoted himself to international aid and development, creating the Carter Center and working with many non-profits globally, including Habitat for Humanity. He is America's longest-lived president, the one with the longest post-presidency in his lifetime, and the only one to live to age 100. His wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter, preceded him in death in late 2023.

James Earl Carter, Jr. was born October 1, 1924 in Plains, Georgia. After high school, Carter attended the United States Naval Academy and entered the Navy from 1948 to 1953, until the death of Carter's father led him back to the family farm. The younger Carter was able to turn the struggling farm into a successful business over the next decade.

Carter served his local school board, where he became increasingly vocal in his opposition to racial segregation. In 1962, he decided to run for a seat in the Georgia State Senate and won after a two-week campaign and a fraudulent election that was redone without interference. After four years as a legislator, Carter unsuccessfully ran for governor. He won a 1971 campaign and set his sights on the presidency in 1976.

Carter is the record-holder for longed-lived US president.

He won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Carter was a peanut farmer.

AP News said "Carter forged a path that still challenges political assumptions and stands out among the 45 men who reached the nation’s highest office"

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