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A video tribute to former President Jimmy Carter is seen earlier than an NFL soccer sport between the Washington Commanders and the Atlanta Falcons, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024, in Landover. (AP Photograph/Nick Wass)
LANDOVER, Md. – Jimmy Carter was honored with a second of silence earlier than the Atlanta Falcons’ sport on the Washington Commanders on Sunday night time, hours after the thirty ninth president of the US died at the age of 100 in Plains, Georgia.
Past being a Georgia native who led the nation from the White Home lower than 8 miles (12 kilometers) away throughout his time in workplace from 1977-81, Carter was the primary president to host the NFL’s Tremendous Bowl champions there when he welcomed the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1980.
Falcons owner Arthur Blank in a statement launched by the group earlier than kickoff stated he was deeply saddened by the lack of his pricey good friend and mentor, calling Carter “an ideal American, a proud Georgian and an inspirational international humanitarian.”
“He lived his life with nice civic accountability and took it upon himself to be the change he wished to see amongst different,” Clean stated, recalling assembly Carter at The Residence Depot. “President Carter’s variety and uniting spirit touched so many lives. He was a person of deep religion, and did every little thing with principal and beauty, doing issues the appropriate means for the appropriate causes.”
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