William Carter Spann; Jimmy Carter’s Nephew

William Carter Spann, 51, who described himself as the “bad peanut” of President Jimmy Carter’s family. Spann, the son of the president’s sister Gloria, had been in and out of California jails since 1969 on burglary, robbery, drug and alcohol cases. In 1976, the year his uncle became president, Spann was sentenced to 10 years to life for two armed robberies in San Francisco. His uncle once wrote Spann urging him to stop apologizing for the negative publicity he generated. “You are part of our family and we are certainly not thinking of disowning you,” Carter wrote. On Sunday in Oakland after collapsing during a drinking spree.