Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter takes questions from the media during a news conference at the Carter Center in Atlanta on Aug. 20, 2015.
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Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, died Sunday at age 100. The Carter Center announced he died in his hometown of Plains, Ga.

Carter was president from 1977 to 1981, but he was perhaps more famous for the life he led after leaving office. Carter was one of the biggest advocates for peace, democracy and international human rights.

James "Jimmy" Earl Carter Jr. was born in Plains, Ga., on Oct. 1, 1924, and spent his childhood on a farm just outside that tiny southwest Georgia community. His father was a peanut farmer; his mother, "Miss Lillian," was a nurse. He was the first president of the United States to be born in a hospital.

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昨日の午後、カーター元大統領が亡くなりました。先日、満１００歳の誕生日を迎えたばかりでした。

安らかにお休みください。　Ｒ．Ｉ．Ｐ．

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⇒　カーター大統領100歳とWhite House Jazz Festival

⇒　1998年の掲載ページ

（2024/12/30）