ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter has marked his 96th birthday, the latest milestone for the longest-lived of the 44 men to hold the highest American office. Carter celebrated Thursday at his Plains, Georgia, home with his wife Rosalynn, 93. The couple sat outside as a parade of local residents drove by to honor the 39th president. Carter has largely receded from the public eye amid the coronavirus pandemic and health challenges from a series of falls in 2019. He previously survived a cancer diagnosis in 2015. Yet he remains a quiet force in politics at home and, through his post-presidential center, in public health and human rights advocacy abroad.
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FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2019, file photo, former President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga. Carter marks his 96th birthday Thursday, Oct. 1., the latest milestone for the longest-lived of the 44 men to hold the highest American office. Carter planned to celebrate at his home in Plains, Ga., with his wife of 74 years, Rosalynn Carter, according to a spokeswoman for the Carter Center in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)
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