# Is Jimmy Carter dying? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 10, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jimmy-carter-dying/462949 "2008-09-10T15:41:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jimmy-carter-dying/462949/1 "2008-09-10T15:41:50Z")
Not to get too specific, but my company just got a job for stamping dies for the funeral program of Jimmy Carter. Anybody know if he’s close to death? Or is this just one of those things they do to prepare, just in case, for a former president? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jimmy-carter-dying/462949/2 "2008-09-10T15:48:51Z")
_There’s_ a surprise! Still, he **is** geting on in years. ---
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jimmy-carter-dying/462949/3 "2008-09-10T16:27:51Z")
No news online yet. Send an e-mail to Drudge. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jimmy-carter-dying/462949/4 "2008-09-10T16:31:25Z")
> [@toadspittle](#): > > No news online yet. Send an e-mail to Drudge. Hmmm. You know, I’d rather not. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jimmy-carter-dying/462949/5 "2008-09-10T17:18:08Z")
Well, I just found this article that suggests he’s making his own funeral plans but doesn’t indicate he’s ill. It sounds more like he knows he’s getting older and just wants to have everything worked out in advance. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jimmy-carter-dying/462949/6 "2008-09-10T17:49:02Z")
Does **Rachm Qoch** have an opinion about this? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jimmy-carter-dying/462949/7 "2008-09-10T20:07:02Z")
Aren’t we all dying? ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jimmy-carter-dying/462949/8 "2008-09-10T20:40:04Z")
> [@photopat](#): > > Well, I just found this article that suggests he’s making his own funeral plans but doesn’t indicate he’s ill. It sounds more like he knows he’s getting older and just wants to have everything worked out in advance. Unless he (or his widow) decide otherwise he’ll recieve a state funeral. It doesn’t surprise me that plans are already in place. In the UK not only do senior royals plan their funeral in advance once they turn 80 the military holds annual rehearsals in the middle of the night. When Diana died suddenly there weren’t any funeral plans in place at all (intially the Queen thought it was a matter for the Spencer family). Her funeral ended up being copied (with modifications) from the Queen Mum’s. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jimmy-carter-dying/462949/9 "2008-09-10T20:44:16Z")
Maybe they’re covering all contingencies, as in [this Saturday Night Live skit (warning: video)](http://www.break.com/index/dana_carvey_snl_gerald_ford_is_dead.html). ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jimmy-carter-dying/462949/10 "2008-09-10T20:52:11Z")
The Pentagon has plans on file for the state funerals of all former Presidents. I remember when Reagan died a few years ago, it was revealed that he’d gone over the plans before Alzheimer’s overtook him and signed off on what the DoD had proposed. Next of kin can also request changes after the death of the ex-President; I guess Nancy had some alterations that she asked for and DoD granted. I’ve heard and read nothing to suggest that Carter is dying. ---
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jimmy-carter-dying/462949/11 "2008-09-11T06:18:50Z")
> [@photopat](#): > > Not to get too specific, but my company just got a job for stamping dies for the funeral program of Jimmy Carter. Anybody know if he’s close to death? Or is this just one of those things they do to prepare, just in case, for a former president? I know! Just look at the date you’re printing on the funeral program! What? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jimmy-carter-dying/462949/12 "2008-09-11T14:28:34Z")
Anyone know if he went to the Democratic convention in Denver? ---
**Author:** ![3waygeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e95f7d/32.png) [@3waygeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3waygeek)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jimmy-carter-dying/462949/13 "2008-09-11T15:50:57Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Anyone know if he went to the Democratic convention in Denver? He was a superdelegate, so he was there. While there, he was interviewed by [USA Today](http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-08-28-carter-denver_N.htm), and probably by others as well. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jimmy-carter-dying/462949/14 "2008-09-11T16:07:35Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Aren’t we all dying? A man’ll tell his bartender things he’d never tell his doctor. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jimmy-carter-dying/462949/15 "2008-09-11T16:12:04Z")
Even though he wasn’t the greatest president we’ve had, his work with Habitat For Humanity has impressed me very much. When he dies, that’ll be a sad day for me. Besides, the man escaped being eaten alive by a killer rabbit, that has to have gained him some extra time 😛