Jimmy Carter is dead, just months after celebrating his 100th birthday on Tuesday, Oct. 1.
His son, James E. Carter III, known as Chip, confirmed his death but did not provide an immediate cause, reports The Washington Post.
The former president died at his home in Plains, Ga. reports The Associated Press.
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Officials close to Carter previously told reporters that the former president would enter hospice in February 2023; amid his frequent trips to the hospital, the organization said Carter ultimately decided to "spend his remaining time at home with his family," choosing to receive in-home hospice care in lieu of additional medical care.
In a conversation with Southern Living published 16 months into Carter's hospice care, his grandson, Jason, said that he wasn't awake every day, but it was apparent he appreciated being able to serve out his final days in Plains, Ga. "[The former commander-in-chief] is experiencing the world as best he can as he continues through this process," Jason told reporters at the time.
Carter's most recent health decline came after his battle with metastatic melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. After a stressful months-long fight in 2015, Carter was declared cancer-free four months later.
The Feb. 18 statement also noted that at the time, Carter had "the full support of his family and his medical team," concluding, "[They are] grateful for the concern shown by his many admirers."
Born James Earl Carter Jr. on Oct. 1, 1924, in a small town in Georgia, he graduated from the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., at 22 years old and married his wife, Rosalynn, then 19, shortly afterward in 1946. The couple welcomed three sons, John William (Jack), James Earl III (Chip), Donnel Jeffrey (Jeff), and a daughter, Amy Lynn.
After serving as a naval officer for seven years, Carter returned to his home state in 1962, where he began his political career. Eight years later, he was elected Governor of Georgia, winning over the appeal by promoting ecology, efficiency in government, and the removal of racial barriers.
Then, in December 1974, Carter announced his presidential bid and campaigned hard against his predecessor, Gerald R. Ford.
Carter, who eventually won the election and served as the 39th president of the U.S., witnessed and even helped usher in an incredible amount of social and policy change throughout his lifetime–not just while in office.
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His presidency is remembered as an honest and pomp-free stint in his longstanding political career. Along with Ford, Carter has since been credited with restoring the public's view of the government following Watergate and Richard Nixon's impeachment.
While serving in office, Carter faced his own series of troubling events: inflation, an energy crisis, a war in Afghanistan, and hostages in Iran. His response to the overwhelming matters was largely unpopular at the time but has come to be respected by many in the years since.
In October 1978, Carter introduced his "Anti-inflation program" in a public service announcement, exemplary of the former president's frank communication style. "There are two simplistic and familiar answers which are sometimes proposed–simple, familiar, and too extreme," he explained of the program, which sought to offer a solution for an out-of-control economy wreaking havoc on the nation.
"What we have, instead, is a number of partial remedies. Some of them will help; others may not. But we have no choice but to use the best approaches we have and to maintain a constant search for additional steps which may be effective," he said.
Carter's primary goal was to promote job creation; at his request, Congress passed an Economic Stimulus Appropriations Act to create jobs and boost the economy.
He also reformed the structure, management and employment practices of the federal civil service, later codifying several changes in the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, including incentivizing performance-based pay increases and prohibiting certain discriminatory practices.
Unemployment declined, but living costs continued to rise due to the nation's energy crisis, which resulted from increased oil consumption during tense relations with leading OPEC countries that embargoed oil sales to the U.S.
The following July, Carter made what would be remembered as his most famous address, his 1979 "Crisis of Confidence" speech.
Hours after Independence Day that year and three years after accepting his presidential nomination, Carter spoke about the recession once more, this time to try and restore Americans' faith and trust.
"We simply must have faith in each other, faith in our ability to govern ourselves, and faith in the future of this nation. Restoring that faith and that confidence to America is now the most important task we face. It is a true challenge of this generation of Americans," Carter preached.
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He famously concluded: "Let us commit ourselves together to a rebirth of the American spirit. Working together with our common faith we cannot fail."
His speeches and "dressed down" persona weren't enough to save him from defeat by Republican nominee Ronald Reagan in 1980.
However, that didn't stop Carter's stamina for social activism. He later founded The Carter Center, which aims to improve worldwide quality of life by "resolving conflicts, advancing democracy and human rights, preventing diseases and improving mental health care." And even partnered with Habitat for Humanity to build over 4,000 affordable homes for families in need.
Carter's wife of 77 years preceded him in death, passing a little over a year ahead of him. Diagnosed with dementia in May 2023, Rosalynn entered hospice care on Nov. 17, two days before she died peacefully at home on Nov. 19 with her family by her side.
Former President Carter said in a statement at the time, "Rosalynn was my equal partner in everything I ever accomplished. 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.”
Carter is survived by their four children and eight grandchildren.
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