Former President Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 100.
Carter, a Georgia peanut farmer and governor, defeated Gerald Ford in 1976 to become the nation’s 39th president.
During his presidency, Carter orchestrated the Camp David Accords, bringing Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin together in 1978 to lay a foundation for peace in the Middle East.
Carter also had to address multiple catastrophes during his single term in office. Among them were the Iranian hostage crisis, rising inflation and a nationwide shortage of gasoline. In the 1980 presidential election, Republican Ronald Reagan decisively defeated Carter.
After the White House, the former president and his wife, Rosalynn, founded the Carter Center to advance peace, democracy and health policy worldwide. His work in diplomacy earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. Carter also volunteered with Habitat for Humanity and taught Sunday school in his hometown of Plains, Georgia.
In February 2023, age and illness forced the former president into home hospice care. Later that year, Rosalynn Carter, his wife of 77 years, died at 96.
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Former President Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 100.
Carter, a Georgia peanut farmer and governor, defeated Gerald Ford in 1976 to become the nation’s 39th president.
During his presidency, Carter orchestrated the Camp David Accords, bringing Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin together in 1978 to lay a foundation for peace in the Middle East.
Carter also had to address multiple catastrophes during his single term in office. Among them were the Iranian hostage crisis, rising inflation and a nationwide shortage of gasoline. In the 1980 presidential election, Republican Ronald Reagan decisively defeated Carter.
After the White House, the former president and his wife, Rosalynn, founded the Carter Center to advance peace, democracy and health policy worldwide. His work in diplomacy earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. Carter also volunteered with Habitat for Humanity and taught Sunday school in his hometown of Plains, Georgia.
In February 2023, age and illness forced the former president into home hospice care. Later that year, Rosalynn Carter, his wife of 77 years, died at 96.
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