President Carter Dies at 100 After Lengthy Hospice Stay

America’s 39th commander in chief, President Carter, has died at the age of 100 following more than 18 months of hospice care. The cause of the death was not immediately disclosed. The Carter Center announced the former president’s death in a statement on Sunday afternoon. A sign celebrating the 100th birthday of President Carter is seen on the North Lawn of the White House on October 1, 2024 at Washington, DC. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images“My father was a hero, not only to me but to everyone who believes in peace, human rights, and unselfish love,” said the former president’s son, Chip Carter. “My brothers, sister, and I shared him with the rest of the world through these common beliefs. The world is our family because of the way he brought people together, and we thank you for honoring his memory by continuing to live these shared beliefs.”Statues of President Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter are seen at a Nationalization Ceremony hosted by the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park on October 1, 2024 at Plains, Georgia. Megan Varner/Getty ImagesCarter was narrowly elected president in 1976 after the tumultuous and scandal-plagued Watergate era, which saw Americans’ trust in government rapidly decline. A devout baptist and peanut farmer who served one term as governor of Georgia, Carter was seen as the good government reformer that America needed at the time. Deng Xiaoping and President Carter at the White House on January 29, 1979 National Archives via Wikimedia CommonsFour years later, he would be defeated for a second term by Ronald Reagan, who campaigned on the message that Carter was incapable of handling inflation or foreign affairs, including the Iran hostage crisis that dominated the latter part of Carter’s presidency. A flyover of vintage planes over Main Street in celebration of Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday on October 1, 2024 at his hometown of Plains, Georgia. Megan Varner/Getty ImagesAfter leaving Washington in 1981, Carter returned to Georgia to embark on a four-decade-long career of charitable works alongside his wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter, who died in 2023. In 2002, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in advancing human rights and peace across the world through the Carter Center.In one of his last public acts in October, Carter, as a resident of the swing state of Georgia, cast an absentee ballot for Vice President Harris. His family had said he hoped to live long enough to do so.

President Carter Dies at 100 After Lengthy Hospice Stay

President Carter Dies at 100 After Lengthy Hospice Stay

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