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Former US President Jimmy Carter Turns 100
Tuesday October 1, 2024. 06:45 PM , from Slashdot
'Not everybody gets 100 years on this earth, and when somebody does, and when they use that time to do so much good for so many people, it's worth celebrating,' Jason Carter, the former president's grandson and chair of The Carter Center governing board, said in an interview. 'These last few months, 19 months, now that he's been in hospice, it's been a chance for our family to reflect,' he continued, 'and then for the rest of the country and the world to really reflect on him. That's been a really gratifying time.' James Earl Carter Jr. was born Oct. 1, 1924 in Plains, where he has lived more than 80 of his 100 years. He is expected to mark his birthday in the same one-story home he and Rosalynn built in the early 1960s -- before his first election to the Georgia state Senate. The former first lady, who was also born in Plains, died last November at 96. President Joe Biden, who was the first sitting senator to endorse Carter's 1976 campaign, praised his longtime friend for an 'unwavering belief in the power of human goodness.' 'You've always been a moral force for our nation and the world (and) a beloved friend to Jill and me and our family,' the 81-year-old president tells Carter in a tribute video filmed in front of Carter's presidential portrait at the White House. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/10/01/1617232/former-us-president-jimmy-carter-turns-100?utm_sour...
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