Former American president, Jimmy Carter is dead. Carter who served as the 39th president of the United States and 76th governor of Georgia died at
Former American president, Jimmy Carter is dead.
Carter who served as the 39th president of the United States and 76th governor of Georgia died at the age of 100.
Carter who won a Nobel Prize for his work as a global humanitarian dedicated to waging peace and fighting disease was the longest-living US president, as well as the one with the longest post-presidency.
Carter died at home this afternoon surrounded by family.
He was preceded in death by his wife and former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who died in 2023.
The late Carter began receiving hospice care and was no longer seeking medical interventions earlier this year.
Known for his wide smile and soft-spoken Southern cadence, Carter was a lover of music and poetry, a caring husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, an author, a painter, a woodworker and an unprecedented conservationist.
After graduating top of his class at Plains High School, Carter studied at Georgia Tech and the US Naval Academy, graduating in 1946 with distinction after which he was assigned to USS Wyoming (E-AG 17) as an ensign.
After seven years’ service as a naval officer, Carter returned to Plains and entered state politics in 1962.
He was elected governor of Georgia in 1970 and as president of the United States in 1976.