The death of Jimmy Carter
The longest-lived American president dies at 100, forty-three years after leaving office.
- When
- Known to
- ± 12 hours
- Era
- Contemporary, Holocene
- Where
- Plains, Georgia, United States · 32.0343° N, 84.3927° W
Carter died on 29 December 2024, having spent nearly two years in hospice care. A one-term president widely judged a failure at the time, he built a post-presidency of election monitoring, house building and the near-eradication of Guinea worm disease — from 3.5 million cases in 1986 to a handful a year. He is the only president to reach 100.