Former Vice President Walter Mondale, who served as the second-in-command to former President Jimmy Carter, died at the age of 93, a family spokesperson announced. Walter Frederick Mondale was born in southern Minnesota in 1928. As the son of a Methodist minister and music teacher, he said his parents taught him hard work, caring for others, cherishing his faith, and loving his country. In 1976, Jimmy Carter pulled him from Senate to be his running mate in the next presidential election. With a successful win, Mondale served beside Carter from 1977 to 1981 before the pair lost to Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush in the next presidential election. He answered the call to serve again in 2002 when he was asked to run for his old Senate seat in place of Senator Paul Wellstone who died in a plane crash. He is survived by his two sons, Ted and William Mondale, and six grandchildren.
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