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Walter Mondale, a leading liberal Democratic voice of the late 20th century who was U.S. vice president under Jimmy Carter and lost in a historic landslide to Ronald Reagan in the 1984 presidential election, died on Monday at age 93, according to media reports.
Mondale, the first major U.S. party presidential nominee to pick a woman running mate, died in Minneapolis, according to a family representative quoted by Axios.
Widely known as “Fritz,” Mondale believed in an activist government and worked for civil rights, school integration, consumer protection and farm and labor interests as a U.S. senator and vice president during Carter’s troubled one-term presidency from 1977 to 1981. He also served as U.S. ambassador to Japan from 1993 to 1996 under Bill Clinton.
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Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto extends his hand to Ambassador to Japan Walter Mondale at the Prime Minister s Office in Tokyo as U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry looks on in December 1996. | REUTERS
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WASHINGTON/Tokyo – Walter Mondale, a leading liberal Democratic voice of the late 20th century who was U.S. vice president under Jimmy Carter and ambassador to Japan under Bill Clinton, died on Monday at age 93, his family said.
Tuesday, 20 Apr 2021 01:59 PM MYT
Former Vice President Walter Mondale speaks at an event held in his honour at The George Washington University in Washington October 20, 2015. Reuters pic
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ST. PAUL, April 20 Walter Mondale, a leading liberal Democratic voice of the late 20th century who was US vice president under Jimmy Carter and lost in a landslide to Ronald Reagan in the 1984 presidential election, died yesterday at age 93, his family said.
“Well my time has come. I am eager to rejoin Joan and Eleanor,” Mondale said in a statement to his staff and released to the public after his death, referring to his late wife Joan, who died in 2014, and daughter Eleanor, who died in 2011 at age 51. “Before I go I wanted to let you know how much you mean to me.”
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Walter Mondale, a leading liberal Democratic voice of the late 20th century who was vice president under Jimmy Carter, died on Monday at age 93.
The death of the former senator, ambassador and Minnesota attorney general was announced in a statement from his family. No cause was cited.
Mondale, the first major US party presidential nominee to pick a woman running mate and who lost in a historic landslide to Ronald Reagan in the 1984 election, died in Minneapolis.
Widely known as Fritz , Mondale believed in an activist government and worked for civil rights, school integration, consumer protection and farm and labour interests as a US senator and vice president during Mr Carter s troubled one-term presidency from 1977 to 1981.
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Walter Mondale, a leading liberal Democratic voice of the late 20th century who was U.S. vice-president under Jimmy Carter and lost in a historic landslide to Ronald Reagan in the 1984 presidential election, died on Monday at age 93, his family said.
“It is with profound sadness that we share news that our beloved dad passed away today in Minneapolis, Minnesota,” the family said in a statement.
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