Jimmy Carter, Nashville's Red-Carpet Fixture for Five Decades, Dies at 73Jimmy Carter — no relation to the president, a distinction his career cheerfully outlived — spent 21 years as WSMV's entertainment reporter and more than five decades in broadcasting, interviewing Dolly Parton, Garth Brooks and Clint Eastwood with the same ease. He died in his sleep on October 13, two days before his 74th birthday, his family said.2026-10-16
