Former President Jimmy Carter dies aged 100

Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, passed away on Sunday at the age of 100. He devoted his life after leaving office to promoting world peace.

Since February 2023, Carter has been under hospice care at his Plains, Georgia, home, where he and his 77-year wife, Rosalynn Carter, reside. On November 19, 2023, the 96-year-old former first lady passed away.

Carter became the first American president to become 100 years old.

During his one-term tenure from 1977 to 1981, Democrat Carter lost his attempt for reelection Republican Ronald Reagan. Carter's administration is mostly viewed as an unfulfilled four years marred by setbacks to America's economy and reputation abroad, despite his noteworthy accomplishments as a mediator.

Carter was unable to end the 444-day Iran hostage situation, which hindered his candidacy for reelection in 1980. He served one term before losing to Ronald Reagan. In 2002, Carter received the Nobel Peace Prize for his global human rights efforts.

In stark contrast to his relatively low popularity when he left the White House in January 1981, Carter, who was only 56 years old when he left, would spend the next forty years concentrating on his good deeds, which made him an almost universally admired figure, sometimes referred to as America's greatest ex-president.

He and his spouse spent years working with the charitable group Habitat for Humanity, lifting beams and driving nails on building sites to provide houses for the underprivileged.

Following his presidency, Carter received international recognition for his unwavering efforts to advance democracy, human rights, and social justice as well as peaceful conflict resolution. This was mainly due to the Carter Center, which he and the former first lady founded at Emory University in Atlanta in 1982.

In 1982, he established The Carter Center, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization devoted to public policy concerns. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 and used the center to promote democracy, human rights, illness prevention, and conflict settlement. For almost 30 years, Carter has collaborated with Habitat for Humanity.

After leaving the president, Carter went back to his home state of Georgia, where he attended many Braves games, including the team's final game at Turner Field in October 2016. He was also frequently seen kissing his longtime wife, Rosalynn, on the kiss cam.

In addition to his involvement in athletics, Carter played basketball, track, and tennis in high school and was a member of the cross country team while attending the Naval Academy. He loved playing softball as well.

Born and raised in Plains, Georgia, Carter spent seven years in the Navy before coming home to take over his family's peanut plantation. Prior to winning the presidency, Carter served as governor and a senator representing Georgia in the 1960s and 1970s. Despite receiving a cancer diagnosis in August 2015, he said in early 2016 that he was no longer in need of treatment.

Carter married Rosalynn in 1946. She died on November 19, 2023, at the age of 96. He is survived by four children (Jack, Chip, Jeff, and Amy), eleven grandchildren, and fourteen great-grandchildren.