Jimmy Carter, longest-lived US president, dies aged 100
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Former president faced series of economic and foreign policy crises, including Iran hostage affair and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, a broker of peace in the Middle East in his time, and a tireless advocate for global health and human rights, has died, it was announced Sunday. He was 100 years old.
![[Jimmy Carter greets supporters during a campaign event in Brockon, Massachusetts, in 1976.]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/37b5a230c3026be54ebd5cff5009fe7d421d7c2a/0_0_4000_2653/master/4000.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)
“My father was a hero, not only to me but to everyone who believes in peace, human rights, and unselfish love,” said Chip Carter, the former president’s son, in a statement. “My brothers, sister, and I shared him with the rest of the world through these common beliefs. 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 these shared beliefs.”.
![[Jimmy Carter at the White House with wife, Rosalynn, and daughter, Amy.]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/fd68cdcf9d177cf179b8ab9aaa4b6dfb668b14f5/0_0_3000_2127/master/3000.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)
A Georgia Democrat, Carter was the longest-lived president in US history. He only served one term in the White House and was soundly beaten by Ronald Reagan in 1981. But Carter spent the decades afterward focused on international relations and human rights, efforts that won him the Nobel peace prize in 2002.
![[Jimmy Carter at a construction site for Habitat for Humanity.]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/6d7f02c02863ba8f4c735e7a237229762a119c49/79_428_2778_3861/master/2778.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)
Carter had undergone a series of hospital stays before, his family said on 18 February last year that he had chosen to “spend his remaining time at home”, in hospice care and with loved ones. The decision had “the full support of his family and his medical team”, a family statement said.
![[Jimmy Carter walks with his wife, Rosalynn Carter, toward their home.]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/0239bb511c42ad5057b1795355669f22eb8e13cf/0_0_4200_2800/master/4200.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)
Carter’s wife, Rosalynn Carter, died last November, two days after her own transition to hospice care. The former first lady was 96. The pair married in 1946 and the former president attended her memorial service, traveling from the couple’s longtime home in Plains, Georgia, to the Glenn Memorial church in Atlanta.
