Former US President Jimmy Carter dies at age 100
The 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize , has died at his home in Georgia at the age of 100.
Early this morning, December 30 (Vietnam time), the non-profit organization representing the former president, the Carter Center, announced the passing of former US President Jimmy Carter .
According to AFP citing an announcement from the center, the memorial service is open to the public in Atlanta (Georgia) and the capital Washington.
Former US President Jimmy Carter dies at age 100
His wife, the late first lady Rosalynn Carter, predeceased her husband in November 2023, at the age of 96.
On December 29, Mr. Carter passed away surrounded by his family at his home in the same city. Mr. Carter was the longest-living former US president.
“My father was a hero, not just to me, but to all who believe in peace, human rights, and love without regard for self.
My brothers and sisters shared these common beliefs with the rest of the world.
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 by these common beliefs,” Chip Carter, Jimmy Carter’s son, said in a statement announcing his father’s passing.
Carter survived brain cancer in 2015 but faced a series of health scares in 2019 and underwent surgery to relieve pressure on his brain, according to CNN.
He was a peanut farmer and Navy lieutenant before entering politics, serving a one-term governor of Georgia and becoming the 39th president of the United States, from 1977 to 1981.
In his later years as president, Mr. Carter founded the Carter Center with his wife, Rosalynn Carter, in hopes of promoting world peace and health.
Former President Carter received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his efforts to promote global peace.
Below are some pictures about the life and career of the late US President Jimmy Carter .
Jimmy Carter with his dog Bozo in 1937
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Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter (left) on television during the first debate of the 1976 US presidential election in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Jimmy Carter holds an informal press conference on an airplane during a campaign trip to the US on September 11, 1976.
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Jimmy Carter, with Rosalynn and Amy Carter, on inauguration day in Washington DC on January 20, 1977.
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US President Jimmy Carter at the White House during a fireside chat about the Panama Canal Treaty at the White House on February 1, 1978
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US President Jimmy Carter signs the extension of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) at the White House on October 20, 1978.
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US President Jimmy Carter, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin at the signing ceremony of the Camp David Accords at the White House on September 17, 1978
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US President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter dance in Washington DC on December 13, 1978
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US President Jimmy Carter announces new sanctions against Iran in retaliation for the taking of American hostages, at the White House on April 7, 1980
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US President Bill Clinton presents former President Jimmy Carter with the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia (USA) on August 9, 1999.
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Former US President Jimmy Carter and Cuban President Fidel Castro listen to the Cuban national anthem at the “Latinoamericano” baseball stadium in Havana, Cuba on May 14, 2002.
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Former President Jimmy Carter kisses former first lady Rosalynn after speaking at a press conference in Plains, Georgia, on October 11, 2002.
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Former US President Jimmy Carter greets displaced women at a water point in the town of Kebkabiya in Sudan on October 3, 2007.
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US President Barack Obama, former President Jimmy Carter, first lady Michelle Obama and former President Bill Clinton wave from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at the end of a ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington DC on August 28, 2013.
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Former US President Jimmy Carter attends a memorial service for the late first lady Rosalynn Carter, at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta on November 28, 2023.
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A woman holds flowers in front of the Carter Presidential Center sign in Atlanta, Georgia, on December 29, 2024, after former US President Jimmy Carter passed away at the age of 100.
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