# Rest in Peace, Jimmy Carter who turned 100 on October 1st. Amazing (has died, Dec. 29, 2024) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 27, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838 "2024-07-27T00:47:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/21 "2024-09-17T14:36:41Z")
Not even a year before - **less than a month** before. Truman died December 26, 1972. Johnson died January 22, 1973. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/22 "2024-09-17T21:34:41Z")
Hey, TIL that two presidents died that close. Any closer presidential deaths? ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/23 "2024-09-17T22:16:54Z")
The most famous one was Adams and Jefferson dying on the same day. Which was July 4, 1826. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/24 "2024-09-17T22:21:53Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > The most famous one was Adams and Jefferson dying on the same day. Which was July 4, 1826 Oh, yes, I knew that. Slipped my mind. I wonder what other close ones there were. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/25 "2024-09-17T22:33:54Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I wonder what other close ones there were. The other closest ones I could find were two sets, both about half a year apart. Benjamin Harrison and McKinley both died in 1901; Wilson in 1924, Harding in 1923. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/26 "2024-09-23T15:16:19Z")
Man, I hope I don’t jinx it… 100th birthday is a week from tomorrow. Go Jimmy go! ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/27 "2024-09-23T15:38:54Z")
I am sitting here wishing Jimmy the strength to persevere to his stated goal of voting and then a peaceful well deserved rest. I am listening to the haunting but enchanting composition _Spiegel im Spiegel_ by Arvo Pärt, sending peace and good will in his direction. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/28 "2024-09-24T00:24:08Z")
A year ago, I didn’t think he’d make it. If any president deserves it, it’s him. Put him on the $20 bill or something! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/29 "2024-09-30T17:51:07Z")
Today, President Carter is 99 years and 364 days old. Tomorrow is the milestone day! I’ll be celebrating tomorrow with some peanuts I ordered from Plains GA. Two recent news stories about him. **Cancer spread to Jimmy Carter’s brain 9 years ago. Here’s how he’s lived so long.** > **[Cancer spread to Jimmy Carter's brain 9 years ago. Here's how he's lived so...](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2024/09/30/cancer-treatment-extended-jimmy-carter-life/75309888007/)** > > A new approach to cancer treatment became available shortly before Jimmy Carter needed it. Now it's a pillar of care. **Jimmy Carter, America’s oldest living president ever, turns 100** > **[Jimmy Carter, America's oldest living president ever, turns 100](https://www.cbsnews.com/video/jimmy-carter-americas-oldest-living-president-ever-turns-100/)** > > The birthday tributes have already started for Jimmy Carter, who will turn 100 this Tuesday. They celebrate a lifetime of service to others. The Carter family gave Mark Strassman a unique glipmse into the former president's long life. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/30 "2024-09-30T18:16:44Z")
Interesting to compare Carter with Herbert Hoover. Besides both being engineers, they were each largely self-made men. Both had demonstrated courage in times of danger (Hoover under siege in the Boxer Uprising, Carter in a near-meltdown reactor). Both were guided by strong, simple moral conviction (Hoover counseled Harding to deal with corrupt cronies the same as he himself would as a mining engineer: “just blow it out.”). And both showed how, regardless of one’s administrative gifts, the political arena defies and punishes even above-common sense. Carter may well appreciate what Hoover said about the critics as he lived into his late 90s: “I outlived the bastards.” ---
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/31 "2024-09-30T19:24:47Z")
Happy birthday jimmy carter! A well deserved long life. ---
**Author:** ![X.L.Lent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a5b964/32.png) [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/32 "2024-10-01T02:18:20Z")
100 years is very impressive, but I am surprised that he has lived this long, when all of his siblings had passed away at much earlier ages: Gloria (1926 – 1990) 63 years Ruth (1929 – 1983) 54 years Billy (1937 – 1988) 51 years His father also had a short life of only 58 years (1894 –1953). All of them passed away due to pancreatic cancer. I wonder if Jimmy is hanging in there just so he can vote against Mr. Trump? Happy birthday President Carter and thank you for your many years of service to our country! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/33 "2024-10-01T06:45:10Z")
> [@X.L.Lent](#): > > 100 years is very impressive, but I am surprised that he has lived this > long, when all of his siblings had passed away at much earlier ages: > Gloria (1926 – 1990) 63 years > Ruth (1929 – 1983) 54 years > Billy (1937 – 1988) 51 years > His father also had a short life of only 58 years (1894 –1953). All of > them passed away due to pancreatic cancer. > > **I wonder if Jimmy is hanging in there just so he can vote against Mr. Trump?** > > Happy birthday President Carter and thank you for your many years of service to our country! Yes he has shared through his grandson (IIRC) that he wants to hang in there and submit his early vote for Kamala Harris. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/34 "2024-10-01T06:49:40Z")
It is October 1. Happy birthday, Mr. Carter! ---
**Author:** ![Mops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mops/32/16494_2.png) [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/35 "2024-10-01T07:29:13Z")
Happy 100th birthday to a good man. ---
**Author:** ![SOJA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@SOJA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SOJA)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/36 "2024-10-01T07:45:03Z")
Very nice to see Mr. Carter reach 100. And, yes, peanuts are good for your health. They’re low in saturated fat, but high in unsaturated fats alongside oleic acid. Stick to roasted, unsalted peanuts or peanut butter (salt or no salt, but nothing else, just the natural stuff). I’m a firm believer of nuts or legumes in this case being consumed as a “butter” and not chewed on, as the butter is so fine that your body can extract all its goodness. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/37 "2024-10-01T10:22:23Z")
Biden wishes [Jimmy Carter a happy birthday](https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/01/politics/jimmy-carter-100-celebrations/index.html). Says “You go, you young whipper snapper!”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/38 "2024-10-01T13:00:26Z")
> [@SOJA](#): > > Very nice to see Mr. Carter reach 100. **And, yes, peanuts are good for your health. They’re low in saturated fat, but high in unsaturated fats alongside oleic acid. Stick to roasted, unsalted peanuts or peanut butter (salt or no salt, but nothing else, just the natural stuff).** > > I’m a firm believer of nuts or legumes in this case being consumed as a “butter” and not chewed on, as the butter is so fine that your body can extract all its goodness. I assembled some charcuterie for a party last weekend and included some peanuts I’d ordered from Plains, Georgia as an homage to celebrate Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday. _ **Happy 100th Birthday, Mr. President!!!** _ (Sorry, not the _butter_) [![](https://i.imgur.com/CNB76dl.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/CNB76dl.jpg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/U50eMhK.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/U50eMhK.jpg) Jimmy made it to 100! ---
**Author:** ![Boycott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boycott/32/6741_2.png) [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/39 "2024-10-01T13:14:47Z")
I’m glad he has made it. Not just for the milestone but also that he has lived long enough to see a complete reassessment of his presidency in public opinion. Other presidents have been historically reassessed to rank better than what contemporary opinion said but never got to hear it while alive. It’s gone in three stages. First when he was “a decent man but failed president” shunned even by his own party for a long while as people just associated him with gas lines, inflation, hostages and being blown out in November 1980. Then it moved on to “a great post-presidency” because of his work with Habitat for Humanity, his foundation treating diseases in the poorest parts of the world, his peacemaking efforts in smaller conflicts typically not a priority of the US government. But that label still carried the sense of being a backhanded compliment. Now people acknowledge he has been a great former president - boosted even further by his successors cashing in when they left office - but also a pretty underrated president who was in many ways ahead of his time. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/40 "2024-10-01T13:35:28Z")
My Jimmy Carter story: When I was in fourth grade, one of the things we were learning about was writing letters, and one of the assignments was for us to write and mail a letter to some well known person. This was during the 1976 presidential campaign season, and the well known person I decided to write to was Jimmy Carter. I’m not sure why I chose him. My parents weren’t terribly political, and in general Indiana was a fairly Republican state even back then. But whatever the reason, I wrote a letter to Jimmy Carter, wishing him luck in the election and that kind of thing. I didn’t know his address, so I just put “Jimmy Carter, Plains, GA” on the envelope. I remember calling the post office on the phone to find out the Zip Code for Plains. Well, by golly, it eventually reached him. I know that because several months later, after he had been elected and inaugurated, I got a reply from the White House. It was a little card with the Presidential Seal at the top. I can still remember what it said: “Thank you for your friendly message. It is encouraging to know that young people, like yourself, are interested in the future of America.” And there was his signature: Jimmy Carter. Of course it was a form letter, but try convincing 9-year-old me of that. I had corresponded with the President! I took it to school, and the teacher was suitably impressed and showed it to the class. I remember she noted that he used “Jimmy,” and how interesting and unusual it was for a President to go by Jimmy rather than James. So that’s my brush with Jimmy Carter. Glad that he’s made it to 100. Also glad to have confirmation that, somehow, my 9-year-old self knew a good man when I saw one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838.md?page=3)