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BREAKING: Ex-US president, Jimmy Carter dies at 100 years

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BREAKING: Ex-US president, Jimmy Carter dies at 100 years

Jimmy Carter, a former president of the United States of America, USA, has died at 100 years.

The 39th president of the US and a Nobel Peace Prize recipient passed away in Plains, Georgia on Sunday.

His death was announced in a terse statement from the Carter Center.

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Carter had been in hospice care at his home in Plains since February.

His wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, had died November 19 at age 96 and Carter attended her memorial services in a wheelchair.

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Jimmy Carter, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, was a member of a Georgia farming family and served as a state senator and governor before defeating incumbent Gerald Ford in a close 1976 presidential election.

He served one term, from January 1977 to January 1981.

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