The 39th U.S. president aimed to quash the debilitating water-based infection before he died. Through the Carter Center's work, he came tantalizingly close, lowering the number of yearly cases from 3.
Jimmy Carter has a total number of four children with Rosalynn Carter, the youngest being their only daughter, Amy Carter. Here's how old she is now.
President Joe Biden, the first sitting senator to endorse Carter’s one and only presidential campaign in 1976, eulogized him at Wednesday’s state funeral in Washington. Carter had been receiving hospice care at his home in Plains, Georgia, since 2023 for an undisclosed illness.
The ceremonies will conclude in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, where he will be buried beside his wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter, who passed away in 2023. Together, the Carters had long planned their modest resting place in Plains, where they began their lives together on a peanut farm.
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Former White House aide Stu Eizenstat used his eulogy to make an effort to reframe the Carter presidency as more successful than voters appreciated at the time. “He may not be a candidate for Mount Rushmore,
Images of Carter and Kennedy illuminated the center’s walls, highlighting the years of collaboration and occasional rivalry between the two lawmakers.
All five living presidents were present to honor the late former President Jimmy Carter during his funeral service at the National Cathedral in Washington on Thursday morning.
The official state funeral service for former President Jimmy Carter is being held at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday. Follow here for the latest live news updates.
STAMFORD, Conn. -- During his state funeral in Washington D.C. on Thursday, former President Jimmy Carter was eulogized by President Joe Biden as a man of character and faith, committed to improving the lives of others.
Amy Carter, the only daughter of 39th president of the United States Jimmy Carter, will be back in the spotlight today for her father's national funeral at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., after years of leading a largely private life. But, her college years in New England were anything but private.