Jimmy Carter dies at the age of 100

Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, is dead.

The longest-living former US president died on Sunday surrounded by his family at his home in the small town of Plains, more than a year after he was admitted to hospice care. That communicated that. He and his wife Rosalynn, who died in November 2023 at the age of 96, had spent most of their lives there.

President Carter is survived by his children Jack, Chip, Jeff and Amy, eleven grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

In November 2019, Carter made it clear at a service in his hometown of Plains that he viewed death with calm. “I didn’t ask God to let me live,” he said. “I asked God to give me an appropriate attitude towards death. And I found that I was completely at peace with death.”

Carter served from 1977 to 1981. After his first term in office, the Democrat was not re-elected. He lost the election against Republican Ronald Reagan.

In recent years, Carter has increasingly struggled with health problems and recently received palliative care. Carter made it public in 2015 that he had cancer, but he was able to overcome it. In recent years, Carter has been hospitalized several times because of falls. The last time he appeared in public was at the funeral of his wife Rosalynn in November last year. He celebrated his 100th birthday in October.

“My father was a hero, not just to me, but to everyone who believes in peace, human rights and selfless love,” said Chip Carter. “My brothers, my sister and I shared him with the rest of the world through these shared beliefs. The world is our family because he brought people together, and we thank you for honoring his memory by carrying on these shared beliefs .”

There will be public memorial services in Atlanta and Washington, DC, the Carter Center said. A private burial is planned in Plains, Georgia.

In November he fulfilled his wish and voted by mail in the US presidential election. Carter had previously made it clear that he wanted to support Democrat Kamala Harris. After leaving the White House, Carter repeatedly got involved in politics. Contrary to custom, the Democrat also criticized subsequent presidents – including the Republican and President-elect Trump.

Carter’s term in office was overshadowed by the hostage-taking of diplomats at the US embassy in Tehran in 1979 and the failed liberation operation the following year. After leaving the presidency, Carter and his wife Rosalynn founded the Carter Center in Atlanta to promote democracy, human rights and economic development. He remained actively involved in his humanitarian work well into his old age.

Carter’s oldest living successor is now the current incumbent Joe Biden (November 20, 1942), followed by Donald Trump (June 14, 1946), George W. Bush (July 6, 1946), Bill Clinton (August 19, 1946) and Barack Obama (August 4, 1961).

Note: This article has been updated several times.