Jimmy Carter turned 100 years old on Tuesday, making him the first former U.S. president to become a centenarian.
Just in: Former President Jimmy Carter has officially reached his 100th birthday. This makes him the first former U.S. President to become a centenarian. pic.twitter.com/UbE8MMDC3x
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From the Associated Press:
A benefit concert and the construction of 30 new homes are among the many events marking President Jimmy Carter ‘s 100th birthday on Oct. 1. Considering the former president’s long legacy as a philanthropist, it’s no surprise that he wants any gift-giving to go to other people.
The star-studded concert at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre earlier in September has raised $1.2 million so far to support the international programs of The Carter Center, which Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter founded in 1982 with the mission to “ wage peace, fight disease, and build hope.” The concert airs on Georgia Public Broadcasting on Oct. 1.
Meanwhile, thousands of Habitat for Humanity volunteers gathered Monday to build 30 homes in St. Paul, Minnesota, over five days, led by country music giants Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, who worked alongside the Carters for years, beginning with projects in Hurricane Katrina’s disaster area.
Jimmy Carter celebrates his 100th birthday today, making him the first former U.S. president to become a centenarian pic.twitter.com/YduAl9p3Nj
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Jimmy Carter has turned 100 years old! Carter, who served at the 39th President of the United States, is the longest-lived former president and the first to reach the milestone in the nation’s history!
Happy Birthday, Mr. President!
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— History Calendar (@historycalendar) October 1, 2024
Jimmy Carter has officially turned 100. pic.twitter.com/GhRHWjT8uL
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Per CNN:
By December 2015, Carter announced that after treatment, the cancer was gone. A timeline of his life maintained by CNN’s research library has many more notable entries.
It’s been nine years since Carter published an autobiography, “A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety.” He won a Grammy Award – his second – for the audiobook. He would win a third a few years later.
It’s been seven years since he was hospitalized for dehydration in Winnipeg, Canada, where he was outdoors – still working! – for Habitat for Humanity, the organization with which he had a long association.
It’s been five years since 2019, when he won that third Grammy, broke his hip and joked that there should be an age limit on the presidency since he couldn’t have done the job at 80. That was also the year he turned 95 and became the longest-living American president, surpassing George H.W. Bush.
It’s been nearly two years since Carter entered hospice care and nearly one year since his wife, Rosalynn, died. They were married in 1946.
Carter previously said he wanted to “make it” to 100 in order to vote for Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.
“I’m only trying to make it to vote for Kamala Harris,” Carter told his son Chip, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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