Former US president Jimmy Carter dies - US media reports Former US president Jimmy Carter has died aged 100, according to US media reports.
Mr Carter, a Democrat, became the 39th US president when he defeated former president Gerald Ford in 1976.
He was the oldest living former US president and also won the Nobel Peace Prize.
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The final year of his administration was dominated by a hostage crisis in Iran, when 52 Americans were taken captive at the US embassy in November 1979.
