Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian, has died. He was 100 years old.

In a historic moment at Camp David, President Jimmy Carter witnessed the unlikely handshake between Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. This landmark agreement, bathed in sunlight, has fostered over 40 years of peace between Israel and Egypt.