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The 39th president of the United States of America, James Earl “Jimmy” Carter has passed away.
Carter, d!ed on Sunday, Dec. 29, at the age of 100.
His son, Chip Carter confirmed that the former president d!ed at his home in Plains about 3:45 p.m.
Carter, who lived longer than any other U.S. president, entered home hospice care in Plains, Georgia in February 2023 after a series of short hospital stays.
Carter left office after a single term that was highlighted by forging peace between Israel and Egypt, but was overshadowed by the Iran hostage crisis. In the decades after, his reputation grew through his and wife Rosalynn Carter’s work at the Carter Center in Atlanta and his philanthropic causes such as Habitat for Humanity.
“People will be celebrating Jimmy Carter for hundreds of years. His reputation is only going to grow,” Rice University history professor Douglas Brinkley wrote in his book “The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter.”
From his work as president and as the leader of the Carter Center, he won the Nobel Prize, the United National Human Rights Prize and many other notable awards from countries, organizations and world leaders.
The Carters both were awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton.
”Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter,” BillClinton said, “have done more good things for more people in more places than any other couple on the face of the Earth.”
Rosalynn Carter, Jimmy Carter’s wife of 77 years, d!ed in November 2023.
