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Edward Helmore in New York and agencies

‘He’s an inspiration’: tributes pour in after Jimmy Carter enters hospice care

Jimmy Carter in August 2015.
Jimmy Carter in August 2015. Photograph: Jessica McGowan/Getty Images

Tributes continue to be made to the former US president Jimmy Carter, after the announcement that the 98-year-old has entered hospice care at his home in Plains, Georgia, instead of receiving “additional” medical treatment.

Raphael Warnock, the Democratic Georgia senator, said: “Across life’s seasons, President Jimmy Carter, a man of great faith, has walked with God. In this tender time of transitioning, God is surely walking with him.”

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