Crime & Safety
Jimmy Carter Still Alive Despite Fake Death Announcement: Reports
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, 99, has reportedly been in hospice since February 2023 at his Plains home.
ATLANTA, GA — Former President Jimmy Carter is alive despite a false letter circulating online claiming that he has died, the Carter Center confirmed to media Tuesday.
Carter, 99, has reportedly been in hospice since February 2023 at his Plains home. The family told Southern Living the 39th U.S. president and Nobel Peace Prize winner is “experiencing the world as best he can as he continues through this process.”
But it is news of Carter's supposed death that has X users talking after a fake letter circulated on the social media platform.
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“This is false. There has been no announcement or change,” the Carter Center told Channel 2 Action News.
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Fox 5 Atlanta shared a copy of the letter, noting it seemingly first appeared on right-wing activist and failed GOP candidate Laura Loomer's X account. The letter displayed Tuesday's date.
Loomer took to X to share her discovery that the letter was indeed untrue.
It appears that the letter saying Jimmy Carter has passed away is fabricated. Gross. Why would someone fabricate a letter saying a President died? I have deleted the letter and I’m keeping President Carter and his family in my prayers. People should not post death hoaxes.
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) July 23, 2024
No idea but it’s gross and Jimmy Carter is hanging on. It’s gross that someone would fake a letter saying he’s dead. I deleted the letter. He is still alive in hospice care. He’s been in hospice for a long time! https://t.co/flKsl9oWy7
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) July 23, 2024
Loomer in the past accused the Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' wife, Casey, of “FAKE CRYING ABOUT CANCER, NBC News reported.
Carter is set to turn 100 years old on Oct. 1. His late wife of 77 years, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, died on Nov. 19 after suffering dementia.
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In that time, Jason Carter told Southern Living it was the Plains community coming out to see the processional from the church to her burial that stayed with him.
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