Walter Mondale, who rose from small-town Minnesota to vice presidency, dies at 93
By Patrick Condon, Patrick Condon April 19, 2021 9:09pm Text size Copy shortlink:
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.
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