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FILE - In a March 14, 2005, file photo former Vice President Walter Mondale makes remarks during the Second Annual Hoover-Wallace Dinner before receiving a Hoover-Wallace Humanitarian Leadership Award in Des Moines, Iowa. Mondale underwent heart surgery Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. His family said in a statement he is doing fine and is expected to make a full recovery. (AP Photo/Eric Rowley, file)

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CORRECTS DATE OF SURGERY - In an Oct. 30, 2012, file photo, former Vice President Walter Mondale, a former Minnesota senator, gestures while speaking at a Students for Obama rally at the University of Minnesota's McNamara Alumni Center in Minneapolis. Mondale underwent heart surgery Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. His family said in a statement he is doing fine and is expected to make a full recovery. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, file)

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President Reagan (left) bested challenger Walter F. Mondale (right) in 1984 after Mr. Mondale promised he would raise taxes. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Vice President Walter F. Mondale re-enacts the swearing in of Sen. Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania Republican, at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 1981. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this Nov. 7, 1984, file photo, Walter Mondale is hugged by his daughter Eleanor as his wife Joan looks on at the St. Paul Civic Center in St. Paul, Minn., where Mondale conceded the presidential race to Ronald Reagan. Eleanor Mondale died at her home in Minnesota, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011, according to a family spokesperson. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

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Former vice president Walter Mondale announces Tuesday in Minneapolis the formation of a bipartisan committee to help Minnesota's Democratic governor and Republican Legislature put an end to the state's budget shutdown. "A spirit of compromise is necessary," Mr. Mondale said. (Star Tribune via Associated Press)

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Former Vice President Walter F. Mondale (center) arrives for the funeral Mass in New York City for former vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro, his Democratic running mate in the failed 1984 campaign for the White House. (Associated Press)

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Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale and running mate Geraldine Ferraro wave from the podium to convention delegates at the 1984 Democratic National Convention in San Francisco. Mrs. Ferraro died Saturday at age 75. The Democratic ticket was trounced by President Reagan, who was elected to a second term. Shown behind the Democratic candidates are Mr. Mondale's children, Eleanor, Ted and William (from left). (Associated Press)