Former President Jimmy Carter.AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster Former President Jimmy Carter, who served from 1977 to 1981, has died at age 100. The 39th president of the United States was widely admired for his global humanitarian work. Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. He was the son of a peanut farmer from Georgia. Former President Jimmy Carter, who rose from humble beginnings in rural Georgia to the White House and was renowned for his global charity work, has died at age 100.He died Sunday in his Plains, Georgia home, The Carter Center — the former president's nonprofit organization — confirmed in a statement posted to social media."My father was a hero, not only to me but to everyone who believes in peace, human rights, and unselfish love," said Chip Carter, the former president's son, said in the statement released by the Carter Center.