Jimmy Carter defied all odds again by celebrating his 99th birthday Sunday with family in Plains, Ga., as tributes to the former U.S. president poured in from world leaders and pop culture figures.
The Associated PressA wooden cake honoring the 99th birthday of former U.S. president Jimmy Carter is seen on the north lawn of the White House on Saturday.
"The remarkable piece to me and I think to my family is that while my grandparents have accomplished so much, they have really remained the same sort of South Georgia couple that lives in a 600-person village where they were born," said grandson Jason Carter, who chairs the board at The Carter Center, which his grandparents founded in 1982 after leaving the White House a year earlier.
"This is so impressive, and I'm so happy for it to be here," said Tania Martinez after the ceremony. A 53-year-old nurse in Roswell, Martinez was born in Cuba and came to the U.S. from Ghana 12 years ago.Celebrating the longest-lived U.S. president this way was inconceivable not long ago. The Carters announced in February that their patriarch was forgoing further medical treatments and entering home hospice care after a series of hospitalizations.
President Jimmy Carter, you remain the spirit and the heart of the American people. It’s a great honor to know you and to have worked with you. Jill and I wish you a happy birthday. pic.twitter.com/ZUVHjgOYvyKatie Couric, the first woman to anchor a U.S. television network's evening news broadcast, praised Carter in a social media video for his "relentless effort every day to make the world a better place.
Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, left, and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, are seen in Plains, Ga., in August 2022.
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