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Jimmy Carter, America’s 39th president, dead at 100

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Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, died on Sunday at the age of 100 — the first president ever to live to be a centenarian. 

Carter had turned 100 on Oct. 1, more than four decades after leaving office in 1981, having served one term in the White House — a period defined by economic woes at home, a valiant effort to bring about Middle East peace, and the hostage crisis in Iran. 

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Jimmy Carter, America’s 39th president, dead at 100

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