• Carter dies at 100: Tributes continue to pour in after Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, died on Sunday. He was surrounded by his family at his home in Plains, Georgia, in his final moments.
• State funeral: Carter’s official state funeral in Washington, DC, will be held on January 9, the White House confirmed Monday. President Joe Biden has declared January 9 as a national day of mourning and will deliver a eulogy at Carter’s funeral service.
• Carter’s legacy: Carter was the oldest living former US president and the first to reach 100. He led enduring foreign policy initiatives, including a peace deal between Israel and Egypt, the normalization of relations with China, and the treaties that gave Panama control of the Panama Canal from the US.• Carter’s early life: Carter was a peanut farmer and US Navy lieutenant before going into politics. He served as governor of Georgia, and as US president from 1977 to 1981.
