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- Lasting legacy. Five presidents, two presidential candidates, and four first ladies gathered in Washington yesterday for the funeral of Jimmy Carter, the former president who died at 100 on Dec. 29. It was a rare symbol of presidential unity before Donald Trump takes office later this month, with Trump and Barack Obama seated next to each other and even seen laughing, with Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and Kamala Harris all nearby.
The legacy of Carter, the one-term 39th president who served from 1977 to 1981, was reason enough to gather this complicated group. Carter is remembered for his humanitarian impact. The Democrat and Georgia peanut farmer eradicated Guinea worm disease, won the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to find peaceful solutions to conflicts, and worked to advance human rights.
