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(NewsNation) — The longest-lived U.S. president successful history, Jimmy Carter, has died astatine the property of 100. Carter, who served arsenic the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981, died Sunday successful Plains, Georgia.
At 100, Carter was the third-oldest surviving idiosyncratic to person served arsenic a authorities leader. He had been receiving hospice attraction since February 2023. The Carter Center confirmed his death via X.
Presidential historiographer and person of Carter's, Dr. Larry Cook remembered Carter arsenic a gracious and caring antheral guided by his religion and values.
"He's fto it beryllium known that his religion has guided him since helium was a kid and up done his big beingness and done the presidency and beyond,” Cook said. “It's who helium is, his religion is who helium is.”
Carter was preceded successful decease by his wife, Rosalynn Carter, who died Nov. 19, 2023. The erstwhile president and archetypal woman had the longest matrimony of immoderate archetypal mates successful U.S. past and celebrated their 77th wedding day successful July.
“They’ve experienced everything that you tin together. I deliberation the beauteous happening is that they are inactive together,” the Carters’ grandson, Josh Carter, precocious told People magazine. “They are inactive holding hands … it’s conscionable amazing.”
Born Oct. 1, 1924, successful Plains, Georgia, James Earl Carter Jr. was the archetypal idiosyncratic connected his father’s side of his household to postgraduate from precocious school.
He was the lone United States Naval Academy postgraduate to beryllium elected to the White House.
Presidential historiographer Robert Dallek said Carter volition beryllium remembered for his post-presidential enactment than his clip successful office.
"He'll ne'er beryllium seen arsenic a large president. But helium volition beryllium seen arsenic a large humanitarian," Dallek said.
A period aft Carter graduated, helium joined Eleanor Rosalynn Carter successful 1946.
“She’s the miss I privation to marry,” Jimmy Carter told his mother aft his archetypal day with Smith, who had grown up arsenic a person and neighbour of the Carter household successful Plains, Georgia.
In July 1953, Carter gave up his subject vocation to prevention his family’s peanut workplace and aboriginal became progressive successful section authorities erstwhile helium served connected an acquisition board.
Carter served arsenic the 76th politician of Georgia from 1971 to 1975 and arsenic a Georgia authorities legislator from 1963 to 1967.
After Carter’s presidency, successful 1982, helium founded the Carter Center, which has played an progressive relation successful quality rights and illness prevention issues globally. The Carters helped publicize Habitat for Humanity arsenic well.
