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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ariana Baio and Andrew Feinberg

Jimmy Carter, who rose from humble peanut farmer to president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies aged 100

James Earl “Jimmy” Carter Jr, a naval officer, Nobel Peace Prize winner and peanut farm operator who became governor of Georgia and later the 39th president of the United States, has died.

Carter, who was the longest-living former US president, died at the age of 100 on Sunday, 29 December, his son announced. An immediate cause was not given.

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