He was 100 years old: Former US President Jimmy Carter is dead
Washington (USA) - Former US President Jimmy Carter is dead. The 39th President of the United States died on Sunday in Plains, Georgia, surrounded by his family, according to Carter's foundation. Carter was 100 years old. He ruled the White House from 1977 to 1981.

Carter is survived by four children, eleven grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
"My father was a hero - not just to me, but to everyone who believes in peace, human rights and selfless love," the foundation quoted Carter's son Chip as saying.
Public memorial services are planned in Atlanta and the US capital Washington.
Difficult presidency - later peacemaker

After his first term in office, the Democrat was not re-elected. He lost the election to the Republican Ronald Reagan. In 2002, Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his "decades-long commitment to the peaceful resolution of international conflicts".
Carter's time in office was overshadowed above all by the hostage-taking of diplomats in the US embassy in Tehran in 1979 and the failed rescue operation the following year.
After leaving the presidency, Carter and his wife Rosalynn founded the Carter Center in Atlanta to promote democracy, human rights and economic development. He remained actively involved in humanitarian work into old age.
Carter was the oldest living former US president, and none of his predecessors reached a higher age than him. His wife Rosalynn, to whom he was married for 77 years, died just over a year before him.
Last years marked by illness

Carter's health was recently poor. In February 2023, after several stays in hospital, he discontinued his medical treatment and went into home care.
On October 1, he turned 100 years old.
In November, he fulfilled a wish and voted by mail in the US presidential election. Carter had previously made it clear to Biden that he wanted to support the Democrat Kamala Harris.
First reported December 29, 10:54 p.m.; last updated December 30, 6:11 a.m.