Jimmy Carter: tributes pour in as ex-president celebrates 99th birthday
by Associated Press in Plains, Georgia from US news | The Guardian on (#6F76R)
Accolades include messages from world leaders and pop culture figures, many focusing on his four decades of humanitarian work
The former US president Jimmy Carter will celebrate his 99th birthday on Sunday by putting off watching church services online and instead celebrating with his wife, Rosalynn, and their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in Plains, Georgia.
The gathering will take place in the same one-story house where the Carters lived before he was elected to the Georgia Senate in 1962.
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