former US president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter has died at the age of a 100 he was born on October 1st 1924 and was one of four children of a farmer and a shopkeeper he graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1946 and served in the nuclear submarine program but left to manage his family peanut farming business he married his wife rosalin in 1946 a union he called quote the most important thing in my life together they had three sons and a daughter Carter had been a Centrist as governor of Georgia with populist Tendencies when he moved into the White House as the 39th US president swear I Jimmy Carter do solemnly swear that I will Faithfully execute that I will Faithfully execute the office of President of the United States he served from January 1977 to January 1981 his one-term presidency was marked by the 1978 Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt bringing some stability to the Middle East East but it was also dogged by an economy in recession persistent unpopularity and the Iran hostage crisis that consumed his final 444 days in office he was swept from office in an electoral landslide in 1980 as voters embraced Republican Challenger Ronald Reagan despite a difficult time in office he was a highly active and accomplished former president he worked for decades on humanitarian causes and was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 20 2002 for his efforts to promotee Human Rights and resolve conflicts around the world in recent years he had experienced several health issues including melanoma that spread to his liver and brain he died at his home in Plains Georgia on Sunday according to the Carter Center Carter lived longer after his term in office than any other US president along the way he earned a reputation as a better former president than he was a president a status he readily acknowledged