Jimmy Carter death – updates: Biden remembers former president in heartfelt speech as tributes pour in
The Independent✕ Close Jimmy Carter, former US president, dies aged 100 Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy James Earl “Jimmy” Carter Jr, a naval officer, Nobel Peace Prize winner and peanut farm operator who became governor of Georgia and later the 39th president of the United States, has died aged 100. Carter, who was the longest-living former American president, died at his home in Plains, Georgia, on Sunday, December 29, according to his son. He served as president for one term from 1977 to 1981, but is just as well-known for his humanitarian service after leaving Washington, DC, working for Habitat for Humanity and negotiating peace deals.