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Jimmy Carter is almost 100 and ‘still experiencing this world’

FILE — Former President Jimmy Carter greets attendees as he departs the funeral service for his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga., Nov. 29, 2023. Former President Carter will be honored next month, ahead of his 100th birthday, with a musical gala at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, The Carter Center announced Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (Associated Press)

ATLANTA — As former President Jimmy Carter nears his 100th birthday, his physical health is diminished, but he remains interested in current news — especially politics — and is aware of the well-wishes coming his way after 19 months in home hospice care.

“He’s remarkably, basically, in the same position he’s been in since he went into hospice,” grandson Jason Carter said last week during a meeting at the Carter Center in Atlanta. ” … And when he went into hospice, we thought it was a matter of days, weeks, really. And, of course, we’re not in charge. But … what I can tell you is, he is still experiencing this world.”

On Tuesday, Jimmy Carter is being celebrated at an Atlanta concert to benefit the work of the Carter Center. The event at the historic Fox Theatre, ”Jimmy Carter 100: A Celebration in Song,” includes the iconic Athens group The B-52s and Chuck Leavell, a keyboardist who has played with the Rolling Stones and the Allman Brothers Band.

Carter, who turns 100 on Oct. 1, entered hospice care in February 2023.

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