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Former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale, who served under Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981, has died at the age of 93.
His family said the former senator, ambassador and Minnesota attorney general passed away on Monday.
No cause was cited.
Carter said in a statement that he considered Mondale "the best vice president in our country's history."
Mondale was also the Democratic Party's nominee in the 1984 presidential election.
But he lost to incumbent Ronald Reagan in both an electoral college and popular vote landslide.
President Joe Biden also reacted to Mondale's passing, saying he remembers him as a "dear friend and mentor" who gave him trusted guidance.
"When I arrived in the United States Senate in 1973, Walter Mondale was one of the first people to greet me. Through his work as a Senator, he showed me what was possible," Biden said in his statement.
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