Jimmy Carter's final years: hospice care, his 100th birthday and his death

Carter's public hospice stay was credited with drawing attention to end-of-life care.^[16] In 2024 his grandson said he was "coming to the end,"^[17] and he said he hoped to live long enough to vote for Kamala Harris.^[18] Stars gathered in Atlanta to pay tribute to him,^[19] and on October 1, 2024, he became the first American president to live a full century.^[2] Biden offered a birthday greeting,^[20] and events included a benefit concert and the construction of 30 homes.^[21]

Carter died on December 29, 2024, at 100, in the town where his life began.^[5] Tributes came from around the world,^[22] recalling a Nobel Prize-winning peacemaker who spent nearly four decades working to eliminate an ancient disease in Africa,^[23] though some conservative commentators recalled his presidency as one of "economic misery" at home.^[24] He lay in repose in Atlanta and lay in state at the Capitol,^[25][26][27] and Biden declared January 9 a national day of mourning.^[6] At the funeral, five current and former presidents, including President-elect Donald Trump, sat in the front pews of Washington National Cathedral;^[28][29] Michelle Obama did not attend.^[30] Carter later won a posthumous Grammy,^[31] and the Postal Service announced a commemorative stamp.^[32]