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Jimmy Carter’s grandson said Tuesday that the 99-year-old 39th president of the United States “is coming to the end” but that he joked during a recent visit and “he’s still there.” Jason Carter gave the update on Jimmy Carter’s health during a mental health forum at the Carter Center in Atlanta. “My grandfather is doing OK. He has been in hospice, as you know, for some almost a year and a half now,” Jason Carter, chair of the board of trustees for the Carter Center, said.
'But the outpouring of love and support that we as a family received from the people in this room, and from the rest of the world, was just so remarkable and meaningful to us.' 'And it really turned that whole process into a celebration,' he said. Jason Carter recalled a recent visit with Jimmy Carter in Plains, during which they watched an Atlanta Braves game. 'But I said, Paw Paw, you know, I can’t — people ask me how you’re doing.
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