BREAKING: Former President Jimmy Carter Dies At 100

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who served from 1977 through 1981, passed away on Sunday at the age of 100, according to a report from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The former president’s son, Chip Carter, confirmed that his father passed away at his home in Plains, Georgia shortly before 4 p.m. on Sunday. Carter — who lived longer than any former U.S. president — entered home hospice care in February 2023 after a string of hospital stays.

Carter was born in Plains, Georgia on October 1, 2024. In 1946, he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and went on to serve in the Navy’s submarine service.

After the conclusion of his military service, Carter returned to Georgia and took over his family’s peanut harvesting business after his father passed away. Carter managed to turn the modest business into a profitable enterprise, which was placed into a blind trust when he eventually became president.

Carter’s political career began in 1963, when he was elected to the Georgia State Senate. A staunch opponent of racial segregation, Carter garnered a reputation as an outspoken civil rights activist throughout the peak of the movement. He was eventually elected as Governor of Georgia in 1971. While Carter was largely unknown outside Georgia, he emerged as a surprise candidate in the 1976 presidential election. After securing the Democratic Party nomination, he went on to defeat incumbent President Gerald Ford, a Republican, in the general. The win made Carter the first and only Georgian to serve as president. Despite the crises facing the nation during his term, Carter frequently delivered Oval Office addresses in order to connect directly with the American people. At the height of the energy crisis in 1979, President Carter delivered his “crisis of confidence” speech after listening to concerns from Americans over the previous several days.

Crisis of Confidence (1979)
U.S. President Jimmy Carter

Surprising how well this speech from 45 years ago resonates with the challenges the United States faces today.

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After losing to Republican challenger Ronald Reagan in the landslide 1980 election, Carter returned to Georgia and began his work on numerous charitable endeavors. He started volunteering for Habitats for Humanity, an organization that builds houses for the poor. He went on to found, along with his wife Rosalynn, the Atlanta-based Carter Center, which focuses on promoting peace and humanitarian efforts around the globe.

For his efforts, Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.

Jimmy Carter, the longest-living U.S. President, and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, has died at the age of 100 at his home in Plains, Georgia.
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Rosalynn Carter, the former president’s wife of 77 years, passed away in 2023. They are survived by their children Amy, Chip, Jack and Jeff; 11 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.