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
Walter F Mondale, the former vice president and champion of liberal 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 at his home in Minneapolis. He was 93. );
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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