前总统吉米·卡特在佐治亚州家中逝世，享年100岁
卡特中心12月29日宣布，美国第39任总统吉米·卡特（Jimmy Carter）当天在佐治亚州萨姆特县 Plains 市的家中安详逝世，家人陪伴在侧，享年100岁。卡特是美国历史上最长寿的总统，1977年至1981年担任总统，此前任佐治亚州第76任州长。
卡特之子 Chip Carter 在卡特中心声明中说，父亲是所有信仰和平、人权与无私之爱的人心中的英雄，一家人愿与世界分享他，因为他以这些共同信念把人们联结在一起。卡特中心表示，亚特兰大与华盛顿将举行公开悼念活动，其后在 Plains 私人安葬；卡特身后留下四名子女 Jack、Chip、Jeff 与 Amy、11名孙辈与14名曾孙辈，妻子 Rosalynn 已于2023年先他而去。2023年2月，卡特中心宣布卡特在一系列短期住院后决定在家中接受临终关怀、不再接受进一步医疗干预，他于2024年10月1日度过100岁生日。
总统拜登与第一夫人吉尔·拜登当天发表声明，称美国与世界失去了一位非凡的领袖、政治家与人道主义者：60多年来他们有幸与卡特夫妇为友，卡特以同情心与道德上的清醒毕生致力于消除疾病、缔造和平、推进民权与人权、推动自由公正的选举、为无家可归者提供居所，并始终为最弱势者发声。拜登在声明中宣布，将在华盛顿为卡特举行正式国葬。
拜登同日发布公告，正式宣布卡特逝世，并下令白宫及全国公共建筑、军事哨所与军舰降半旗30天致哀，定2025年1月9日为全国哀悼日，呼吁美国民众当天在各自的礼拜场所聚集纪念。卡特1976年当选总统，任内促成了埃及与以色列的戴维营协议，卸任后于1982年创立卡特中心，投身全球卫生、选举观察与冲突调解，2002年获诺贝尔和平奖。
Former President Jimmy Carter Dies at His Georgia Home at 100
The Carter Center announced on December 29 that Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, died peacefully that day at his home in Plains, in Sumter County, Georgia, surrounded by his family. He was 100, the longest-lived president in American history. Carter served as president from 1977 to 1981 after serving as the 76th Governor of Georgia.
In the Center's statement, his son Chip Carter said his father was a hero to everyone who believes in peace, human rights and unselfish love, and that the family shared him with the world through those common beliefs. The Carter Center said public observances would be held in Atlanta and Washington, followed by a private interment in Plains. Carter is survived by his four children, Jack, Chip, Jeff and Amy, 11 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren; his wife, Rosalynn, died in 2023. In February 2023 the Center announced that, after a series of short hospital stays, Carter had decided to receive hospice care at home instead of further medical intervention. He turned 100 on October 1, 2024.
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden said in a statement that America and the world had lost an extraordinary leader, statesman and humanitarian. They recalled six decades of friendship and said Carter, with his compassion and moral clarity, worked to eradicate disease, forge peace, advance civil and human rights, promote free and fair elections, house the homeless and advocate for the least among us. Biden said he would order an official state funeral in Washington for Carter.
In a proclamation issued the same day, Biden formally announced Carter's death, ordered the United States flag flown at half-staff for 30 days at the White House, public buildings, military posts and naval vessels, and appointed January 9, 2025, as a National Day of Mourning, calling on Americans to assemble in their places of worship to honor Carter's memory. Elected in 1976, Carter brokered the Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel while in office; after leaving the White House he founded the Carter Center in 1982, working on global health, election monitoring and conflict mediation, and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
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图片来源：图：美国第39任总统吉米·卡特的官方肖像（1978年）。美国国家档案和记录管理局藏，白宫摄影师摄，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The official portrait of Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States (1978). White House photograph held by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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