JIMMY CARTER, the earnest Georgia peanut farmer who as US president struggled with a bad economy and the Iran hostage crisis but brokered peace between Israel and Egypt and later received the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work, died at his home in Plains, Georgia, on Sunday. He was 100.
US President Joe Biden directed that January 9 will be a national day of mourning throughout the United States for Carter, the White House said in a statement.
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