R.I.P Joan Mondale

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http://kstp.com/news/stories/S3309939.shtml

Joan Mondale, 83, who built a reputation as a national cultural arts advocate while her husband was vice president, has died.

Her family issued a statement through their church saying she died Monday afternoon with family by her side.

Mondale was so passionate about the arts that she was nicknamed "Joan of Art." She herself was an avid potter when her husband Walter, then a Democratic U.S. senator from Minnesota, was elected Jimmy Carter's vice president in 1976.

Carter named Joan Mondale honorary chairwoman of the Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities. She traveled frequently to museums, theaters and artists' studios on the administration's behalf, and lobbied Congress and the states for more spending on public arts programs.

[Gothmog]

1. May she rest in peace

I saw the report about her going into hospice care this weekend. I hope that it was an easy and painfree passing

[2naSalit]

2. ...

[Lifelong Protester]

3. She was the speaker at my college graduation

she went to Macalester as her dad was the college chaplain. Walter "Fritz" met her at Mac. He later transfered to the U of M.

[glinda]

4. Kofi Annan also went to Mac.

As did my husband.
I cried last night. I usually never cry when someone like (in political sphere) that passes.

[Lifelong Protester]

5. Yep, class of '65!

He predated me by a decade or so...