12/29/2024
He lived a life of incredible grace, kindness and courage.
The Carter Center announced that former U.S. President Jimmy Carter passed this afternoon in Plains, Georgia surrounded by his family. He was 100 years old.
His extraordinary humanitarian efforts and humble spirit made him one of the most respected presidents in U.S. history.
President Carter is survived by his children โ Jack, Chip, Jeff, and Amy; 11 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Rosalynn, and one grandchild.
His son, Chip shared this statement on behalf of the Carter family:
โ๐๐บ ๐ง๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ. ๐๐บ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ง๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ง๐ด.โ
Public observances will be held in Atlanta and Washington, D.C., followed by a private interment in Plains, Georgia. Final arrangements for President Carterโs state funeral, including all public events and motorcade routes, are still pending.
The official tribute website to the life of President Carter, which includes the official online condolence book as well as print and visual biographical materials commemorating his life, can be viewed at www.jimmycartertribute.org.