Former President Jimmy Carter has died, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024, at age 100.
Carter was the 39th and longest-living president in U.S. history. He served a single term after defeating former President Gerald R. Ford in 1976. He was also a Nobel Peace Prize recipient in 2002, although the Nobel Committee chairman believed he deserved the distinction since 1978 when he negotiated a peace deal between Egypt and Israel.
The Carter Center announced Feb. 18, 2023, that Carter had entered hospice care after several visits to the hospital. Center officials said in a statement the former president expressed he did not want to spend his remaining days in a hospital setting, instead spending time with his family and care team.
His wife, Rosalynn Carter, a longtime mental health care activist, died Nov. 19, 2023 at their home in Plains, Georgia .
“Rosalynn was my equal partner in everything I ever accomplished,” Carter said in the statement. “She gave me wise guidance and encouragement when I needed it. As long as Rosalynn was in the world, I always knew somebody loved and supported me.”