Jimmy Carter, the 39th and longest-living president, died Sunday amid family in his ranch-style home in Plains, Ga. Born Oct. 1, 1924, he was 100.
The cause of death was not revealed. But the former president has experienced episodes of cancers, melanoma. His father, mother, and all three siblings died of pancreatic cancer.
Carter had been hospitalized several times in recent years. On Feb. 18, 2023, his foundation, the Carter Center, announced he had stopped additional medical intervention and was going home “to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care.”
Such openness on health was characteristic of Carter but could not have happened as recently as the days of his presidency. The advance of medical technology required a whole new level of decision-making by patients, families, and doctors. Now, instead of merely accepting…
