Jimmy Carter’s ‘Giant’ Legacy: Politicians and Celebrities Pay Tribute – Rolling Stone

                        By  <a class="c-link  lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-color-brand-primary-dark:hover lrv-u-text-decoration-underline:hover lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase" href="https://www.rollingstone.com/author/pwade/"            >   Peter Wade</a>                      <br>    Musicians, actors, politicians, and public figures paid tribute to former President <a  href="https://www.rollingstone.com/t/jimmy-carter/"  id="auto-tag_jimmy-carter"  data-tag="jimmy-carter"  >Jimmy Carter</a>, celebrating his philanthropic and political legacy. <a  href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/jimmy-carter-dead-obituary-794884/"  >Carter died</a> at the age of 100 in his Georgia home on Sunday.<br>     President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden reflected on their close relationship with the former president, calling him &#8220;a dear friend.&#8221; <br>    &#8220;What&#8217;s extraordinary about Jimmy Carter, though, is that millions of people throughout America and the world who never met him thought of him as a dear friend as well,&#8221; they wrote in a <a  href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/12/29/statement-by-president-joe-biden-and-first-lady-jill-biden-on-the-passing-of-former-president-jimmy-carter/"  target="_blank"  rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow"  >statement</a>.<br>     Former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama honored Carter&#8217;s philanthropic work after he left the White House, calling it &#8220;the longest, and most impactful, post-presidency in American history &mdash; monitoring more than 100 elections around the world; helping virtually eliminate Guinea worm disease, an infection that had haunted Africa for centuries; becoming the only former president to earn a Nobel Peace Prize; and building or repairing thousands of homes in more than a dozen countries with his beloved Rosalynn as part of Habitat for Humanity.&#8221;    <div class="admz" id="adm-inline-article-ad-1">                     <div class="adma boomerang" data-device="Desktop" data-width="300">                  <div style="min-width:50px;min-height:75px;"   class="pmc-adm-boomerang-pub-div ad-text"   data-priority="10" >    <div id="gpt-dsk-tab-article-inbody-uid0"       class="adw-300 adh-250" data-is-adhesion-ad="">         <script type="application/javascript">

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