Highlights from the life of former President Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter, the earnest Georgia peanut farmer who as U.S. president struggled with a bad economy and the Iran hostage crisis but brokered peace between Israel and Egypt and later received the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work, died at his home in Plains, Ga., on Sunday, Dec. 29, the Carter Center said. He was 100.










































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Jimmy Carter speaks to a crowd at a campaign stop in Pittsburgh, Penn., Sept. 8, 1976.REUTERS
Gov. Jimmy Carter speaks at Brooklyn College during a campaign stop in New York, Sept. 7, 1976.REUTERS
Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn kiss, surrounded by family, including Amy and Lillian, at the Democratic National Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York City, July 15, 1976.REUTERS
President Jimmy Carter and first lady Rosalynn Carter dance at a White House Congressional Ball in Washington, Dec. 13, 1978.USA TODAY SPORTS
President Jimmy Carter at the White House during a fireside chat on the Panama Canal Treaty at the White House, in Washington, Feb. 1, 1978.REUTERS
President Jimmy Carter poses with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, along with their wives, at the White House in Washington, D.C., March 26, 1979.REUTERS
President Jimmy Carter shakes hands with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin at the signing of the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty on the grounds of the White House, in Washington, March 26, 1979.REUTERS
Former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford point in different directions while calling on reporters wanting to ask questions at a press conference in Panama City, Panama, May 5, 1989.REUTERS
President Bill Clinton presents former President Jimmy Carter with the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Ga. Aug. 9, 1999.REUTERS
Nobel Peace Prize winner and former President Jimmy Carter greets a torchlight procession from the balcony of the Grand Hotel in downtown Oslo, Norway, Dec. 10, 2002.REUTERS
Former President Jimmy Carter and Cuban President Fidel Castro listen to the Cuban national anthem at the baseball stadium "Latinoamericano" in Havana, Cuba May 14, 2002.REUTERS
Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter wave to the crowd after Jimmy Carter's speech before the 2004 Democratic National Convention, at the FleetCenter in Boston, Ma., July 26, 2004.REUTERS
Former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela shakes hands with former President Jimmy Carter during a ceremony marking Mandela's 89th birthday in Johannesburg, South Africa, July 18, 2007.REUTERS
Former President Jimmy Carter attends the starting day of the 24th Jimmy Carter Work Project in Los Angeles, Calif., Oct. 29, 2007.REUTERS
Former President Jimmy Carter is seen at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Co., Aug. 26, 2008.REUTERS
Former President Jimmy Carter smiles at a news conference at the National Palace in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Oct. 8, 2009.REUTERS
Former President Jimmy Carter watches opening ceremonies at the start of the Atlanta Braves' home opening MLB baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies in Atlanta, Ga., April 8, 2011.REUTERS
Former President Jimmy Carter stands in front of the controversial Israeli barrier during a visit to the West Bank village of Bilin near Ramallah Aug. 27, 2009.REUTERS
Former President Jimmy Carter attends an interview with Reuters in Cairo Jan. 12, 2012.REUTERS
President Barack Obama, former President Jimmy Carter, first lady Michelle Obama and former President Bill Clinton wave from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at the end of a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech in Washington, Aug. 28, 2013.USA TODAY SPORTS
Former President Jimmy Carter shown at the game between the Atlanta Hawks and the New York Knicks at State Farm Arena on Feb. 25, 2019.