Walter Mondale, former vice-president and champion of progressive politics, dies at 93
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Walter F. Mondale, the former vice-president and champion of progressive politics, activist government and civil rights who ran as the Democratic candidate for president in 1984, losing to President Ronald Reagan in a landslide, died on Monday (Tuesday AEST) at his home in Minneapolis. He was 93.
Kathy Tunheim, a spokesperson for the family, announced the death Monday evening. She did not specify a cause.
Former US vice-president Walter Mondale, pictured here in 2012.Â
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A son of a minister of modest means, Fritz Mondale, as he was widely known, led a rich public life that began in Minnesota under the tutelage of his stateâs progressive pathfinder, Hubert H. Humphrey. He achieved his own historic firsts, especially with his selection of Representative Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York as his running mate in 1984, the first woman to seek the vice presiden
Walter Mondale, who rose from small-town Minnesota to vice presidency, dies at 93
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Walter F. Mondale, a preacher s son from southern Minnesota who climbed to the pinnacle of U.S. politics as an influential senator, vice president and Democratic nominee for president, died on Monday. He was 93.
Known as Fritz to family, friends and voters alike, Mondale died in Minneapolis, according to a statement from his family. As proud as we were of him leading the presidential ticket for Democrats in 1984, we know that our father s public policy legacy is so much more than that, read the Mondale family statement.
Steven R Weisman, The New York Times
Published: 20 Apr 2021 09:07 AM BdST
Updated: 20 Apr 2021 09:07 AM BdST Former Vice President Walter Mondale during and interview on Dec 12, 1983. The New York Times
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Kathy Tunheim, a spokesperson for the family, announced the death Monday evening. She did not specify a cause.
A son of a minister of modest means, Fritz Mondale, as he was widely known, led a rich public life that began in Minnesota under the tutelage of his state’s progressive pathfinder, Hubert H Humphrey. He achieved his own historic firsts, especially with his selection of Rep Geraldine A Ferraro of New York as his running mate in 1984, the first woman to seek the vice presidency on a m
Walter Mondale, Ex-Vice President Routed by Reagan, Dies at 93 Bloomberg 2 hrs ago Bill Arthur and Laurence Arnold
(Bloomberg) Walter Mondale, who asserted himself as an activist vice president under Jimmy Carter before losing a bid for the presidency in one of the worst routs in U.S. political history, Ronald Reagan’s 1984 re-election landslide, has died. He was 93.
He died on Monday at his home in Minneapolis, according to the New York Times, citing Kathy Tunheim, a spokeswoman for the family. No cause was given.
Even after naming Geraldine Ferraro as his Democratic running mate making her the first woman on a major U.S. party’s presidential ticket Mondale managed to win only his home state of Minnesota and the District of Columbia in the 1984 election, as Reagan cruised to a second term with almost 59% of the popular vote and 98% of the Electoral College vote.