The Carters surprise onlookers, leaving their car and walking down Pennsylvania Avenue during the Inaugural Parade on Jan. 20, 1977.
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America mourns the loss of Jimmy Carter, a president who lived with purpose
James “Jimmy” Carter, the peanut farmer from Plains, Ga., who became the 39th president of the United States and later redefined the role of an ex-president through decades of humanitarian work, died Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024, at his home. He was 100.