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Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian, has died. He was 100 years old.
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As the nation pauses to remember President Jimmy Carter, the loss of the longest-living president is being felt in the Schenectady area, where Carter spent some pivotal months long before embarking on a political career.
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Throughout his lifetime, Jimmy Carter took on many titles: 39th President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize winner, philanthropist, humanitarian, artist – and writer.
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