Eleanor Mondale, daughter of Walter Mondale, dies

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MINNEAPOLIS — Eleanor Mondale, the vivacious daughter of former Vice President Walter Mondale who carved out her own reputation as an entertainment reporter, radio show host and gossip magnet, has died at her home in Minnesota. She was 51.

Mondale family spokeswoman Lynda Pedersen said she died Saturday. She had been diagnosed with brain cancer years earlier.

Mondale had been off the air at WCCO-AM in Minneapolis since March 19, 2009, when she announced that her brain cancer had returned a second time. She had surgery to remove the tumor Aug. 12, 2009, at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and a posting on her CaringBridge website declared the surgery a success.

Mondale, the middle of three children born to Walter and Joan Mondale, stumped for her father in his failed campaign to unseat President Ronald Reagan in 1984. She also made calls in 2002 in her father's last campaign, when the former vice president took the ballot slot of Sen. Paul Wellstone, who died in a plane crash just days before the election.

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[pacalo]

1. I'm so sorry to hear this.

[Raine]

2. Sad news ... much sympathy to the Mondale family

R-I-P Eleanor

[malaise]

3. Ted Kennedy's daughter Kara also died last night

heart attack after working out in DC. Too sad.

[MarianJack]

4. RIP Eleanor!

:cry: :patriot:

PEACE!

[littlewolf]

5. very sad .... 2 young women taken at the same age .... very sad .... nt

[DesertRat]

6. So sad

Rest in peace, Eleanor

[frazzled]

7. How tragic; our condolences to Walter and Joan

I did not know Eleanor, except through the media, but we were acquainted with her parents, Walter and Joan Mondale, two of the most thoughtful and magnanimous people we have had the pleasure to know. How terrible to lose a child, at any age, and especially this vivacious and courageous woman. So sorry.

[Greybnk48]

8. Condolences to the Mondale family.

How sad.