According to his nonprofit organization, Jimmy Carter, the 100-year-old former US president and Nobel Peace Prize winner who led the country from 1977 to 1981 after rising from modest beginnings in rural Georgia, passed away on Sunday.
Since mid-February 2023, Carter has received hospice care at his home in Plains, Georgia, the same tiny community where he was born, where he previously operated a peanut farm before winning the Peach State governorship and entering the presidential race.
Carter passed away “peacefully” at his Plains home “surrounded by his family,” according to a statement from the Carter Center. Chip Carter stated in the statement, “My father was a hero, not just to me but to everyone who believes in peace, human rights, and selfless love.
Former US President Jimmy Carter cheers on completing a home in Chiang Mai province, north of Bangkok, as part of the Habitat for Humanity program’s “Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project 2009” on November 16, 2009. File/Reuters
Carter committed to social justice and human rights during his one term. He had a successful first two years, which included mediating the Camp David Accords, a peace agreement between Egypt and Israel.
However, his presidency had many setbacks, chief among them the 1980 unsuccessful attempt to free the 52 American hostages and the capture of US hostages in Iran. He was also criticized for how he handled the oil crisis.
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