Former US President Jimmy Carter, the President who was in office when I became aware of what a President was circa 1978-79, has passed at the age of 100.
He was proceeded in death by his wife Rosalyn in 2023. They had been married since 1946.
President Carter was president in the post-Watergate era of the U.S.A., and oversaw challenges such as the Iranian Hostage Crisis and Three Mile Island, which included him walking right into the plant as someone with a background in nuclear engineering. He opened up Camp David for the Egyptians and Israeli governments to meet, leading to the Camp David Accords.
He lost the 1980 election of Ronald Reagan, but would go on to show how one can be of service to a country, acting as a peace ambassador and representative for Habitat for Humanity.
President Carter will be missed.
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