{"id":323800,"date":"2024-12-31T14:03:54","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T20:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=323800"},"modified":"2025-01-05T23:19:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T05:19:23","slug":"jimmy-carter-democratis-died-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/jimmy-carter-democratis-died-100\/","title":{"rendered":"Former president Jimmy Carter has died at 100"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jimmy Carter, who served as president of the United States from 1977 to 1981, died on December 29th at the age of 100. He was the longest-lived president in United States history, and the only one to live to 100. There will be an official state funeral held on January 9th, and it is expected that President Joe Biden will deliver a eulogy.<\/p>\n

Hugo Wentzel, one of Carter’s grandchildren, honored Carter on Instagram<\/a> on Monday. “He passed away yesterday and it has left a huge mark on my family. He was an absolutely incredible person, and people remind me almost every single day how amazing he was,” he wrote, adding, “His extreme care for each and every human at all times was nothing short of absolutely outstanding, and something I strive for every day. He was the most selfless person I\u2019ve ever met in my entire life, and I\u2019m not even joking when I say probably one of the most selfless humans in history. I am so, so grateful to be his grandson.”<\/p>\n

Carter was best known for what he achieved after leaving presidential office, including working heavily with Habitat for Humanity and earning a Nobel Peace Prize and a United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights.<\/p>\n

While president, Carter helped reform the foster care system and promote adoption by signing the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 into law. “The sad statistics underlying the need for this legislation are all too compelling-more than 500,000 children across the country are in foster care. Although foster care placements are supposed to be temporary, almost half of these children have been away from their families for longer than 2 years, and about 100,000 have spent more than 6 years of their young lives in foster care. Almost one-fourth of these children are awaiting adoption, yet no adoptive homes have been found for them, and the services and assistance these young people need have not been available,” he said in a statement<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n

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A post shared by Hugo Wentzel (@hugowentzel)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n