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39th President, Jimmy Carter Passes Away at 100

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On October 1st, 2024, we all were just celebrating the 100th birthday of our 39th President, Mr. Jimmy Carter. However, a little bit more than a month later, Nobel Peace Prize Winner and President, Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 100 years old. He died on Sunday, December 29th, in his home in Plains, Georgia. Carter was 100 years old and the oldest living U.S. president of all time. 

Before being elected as the 39th president of the United States in 1976, Jimmy Carter served as a governor. Jimmy Carter only served one term in his presidency. However, Carter was a prolific leader and had a tremendous post-presidential career, deemed as a champion of health, peace, and democracy, along with winning the prestigious award of the Nobel Peace Prize. 

While a cause of death has not been announced, his family has been public about President Carter's multitude of hospital stays and has said that he would eventually stop medical treatment and spend the remainder of his time at home under hospice care. In previous years, President Carter was treated for an aggressive form of melanoma skin cancer, along with tumors that would eventually spread to his liver and brain. 

President Carter's wife, Rosalynn passed away on November 19th in the year of 2023, at 96 years old. Carter and his wife Rosalynn are survived by their children, Jack, Chip, Jeff, and Amy, along with 11 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. His children looked at him as a hero and will forever remember who he was, what he was, and what he represented and meant to the world. Jimmy Carter was a small-town peanut farmer, a U.S. Navy Veteran, President, leader, Georgia Governor, father, husband, and son among many other things. 

The Carter Center announced on Sunday, following his death that public observances will be held in Atlanta and Washington, to be followed by a private interment in Plains, Georgia. 

We thank President Jimmy Carter for all he has done and he will truly be missed. 

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