Former President Jimmy Carter celebrates 98th birthday

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Former President Jimmy Carter turned 98 on Saturday and celebrated in Plains, Georgia — where he was born in 1924, while Calvin Coolidge was in office.

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Carter, who has lived longer than any other president in US history,

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marked the occasion with his family, including wife Rosalynn, 95.

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He attended a parade in Plains and watched from a wheelchair.

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A picture posted by the Carter Center showed Carter smiling and observing the parade from a wheelchair.

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That evening, he was likely to watch his favorite team, the Atlanta Braves, on television as they battled for the top spot in the National League East, his grandson said.

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“He’s still 100% with it, even though daily life things are a lot harder now,” Jason Carter, who now leads the Carter Center board, told the Associated Press.

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“But one thing I guarantee. He will watch all the Braves games this weekend.”

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The ex-president and wife Rosalynn, 95, had appeared last weekend at a peanut festival in the small town last weekend, waving from a Secret Service-driven red convertible, the Washington Post reported.

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