When did former President Jimmy Carter die? Date and time of his passing explored as reported by his son

Former US President Jimmy Carter passed away at his hospice care home in Plains, Georgia, on Sunday, December 29, 2024, at around 3:45 pm local time, news that his son, Chip Carter, confirmed via AJC. The former POTUS was 100 years old, making him the oldest living US president before he died.

Nearly two years before his passing, Carter had a series of short hospital stays for undisclosed ailments, ending with him being placed in a home hospice care in Plains, Georgia, in February 2023.

Carter celebrated his 100th birthday, a first for any US President, at the Plains end-of-life care on October 1 and grieved the death of his wife and former First Lady, Rosalynn Carter, at 96 in November 2023, days after she entered the same hospice care after being diagnosed with dementia.

The Carters both received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Bill Clinton to celebrate their significant contributions, with Clinton saying this about the former first couple, per AJC:

"Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter have done more good things for more people in more places than any other couple on the face of the Earth."

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A look back on Jimmy Carter's life amid his death at 100

James Earl Carter Jr., aka Jimmy Carter, was a Plains native and a firstborn to a farmer-businessman and registered nurse. Before his stint at the Oval Office, Carter first joined the Navy submarine branch, where he worked his way to become part of the elite nascent unit of the US's nuclear submarine fleet well-known as the Rickover's boys, named after the iconic Admiral Hyman Rickover, for seven years.

However, when his father died from cancer, Jimmy Carter left his promising career in the Navy. The already-married Carter, brought Rosalynn and the kids back to Georgia in 1953, per AJC. He took on his father's farming business, ran for the school board, and eventually gunned for the state senator seat.

After he was elected Governor in 1970 and had a successful term, he won the Democratic nomination for the US President seat, ultimately defeating the Republican presidential nominee Gerald Ford in 1976.

Jimmy Carter further made history after he forgo riding in an armored limousine during his Inauguration Day. Instead, he and his wife and their daughter Amy walked down Pennsylvania Avenue while waving at the crowd.

However, four years after he was elected, Jimmy Carter was defeated by Ronald Reagan. That said, his single term in the White House allowed him to promote human rights, widen the reach of the national park and preserve system, the Camp David Accords, and forge the Egypt-Israel peace agreements, per AJC.

However, it was also marked by the increase of the Iran hostage crisis, per CNN, including the infamous hostage incident at the US Embassy in Tehran in November 1979.

Jimmy Carter, however, remained influential post-presidency, and so was the later former First Lady Rosalynn Carter. They volunteered for Habitat for Humanity, building houses for the poor, and founded the Atlanta-based Carter Center, which focuses its efforts on spreading health, making peace, and supporting democracy worldwide.

In light of his passing, the Carter family also requested people to donate to the Carter Center in lieu of flowers, per a statement via the Jimmy Carter Tribute website.

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They are survived by their four children, Amy, Chip, Jack, and Jeff, and 11 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren, per AJC.