Jimmy Carter, a no-frills and steel-willed Southern governor who was elected president in 1976, was rejected by disillusioned voters after a single term and went on to an extraordinary postpresidential life that included winning the Nobel Peace Prize, died Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia, according to his son James E. Carter III, known as Chip. He was 100 and the oldest living U.S. president of all time.

Poor old Jimmy Carter. The most decent man ever to be President of the United States, yet with an irrevocable air of haplessness. His admirers, quite rightly — and with an earnestness that emulates their hero — celebrate his four-decade-long post-presidential career, during which time he has won a Nobel prize for his work in bringing warring parties together and almost totally eliminated Guinea worms.

Jimmy Carter’s best line was the opener of his speech accepting the nomination of the 1976 Democratic convention at Madison Square Garden. He had been running the first of the modern all-time campaigns, taking himself as an obscure southern governor to every hamlet and crossroads in early caucus and primary states, always beginning his pitches with the same simple introduction. At the convention, after his intraparty triumph and with the prospect of a blue election year ahead of him, he repeated it: “I’m Jimmy Carter, and I’m running for president.”

Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, a long-serving Republican who was once floated as a potential Supreme Court justice by former President Donald Trump, fell for an obvious online hoax on Tuesday.

On X, Lee posted an image of a fake letter purporting to be from the Office of Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, announcing the ex-president's death.

One look at the letter's contents, however, would have immediately indicated that it was fake.

A letter posted on X claiming former President Jimmy Carter died is fake.

Far-right personality Laura Loomer posted an image of a letter announcing the 99-year-old died on Tuesday and it quickly spread like wildfire on social media.

Even Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) fell for the ruse – along with several media outlets.

But the Carter Center and the former president's doctor confirmed that reports of Carter's death are not true and his status, though poor, remains unchanged.