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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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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