Walter 'Fritz' Mondale dies at 93: a look back (12 images)

Former U.S. Vice President Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale, who served as the 42nd vice president of the United States for four years under President Jimmy Carter and as a U.S. senator from Minnesota, died Monday at age 93. Here's a look back at his career.

Walter Mondale wins the Democratic presidential nomination on February 22, 1984. UPI File Photo

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President Jimmy Carter (L) hugs composer-conductor honoree Leonard Bernstein in an event for Kennedy Center honorees in the East Room of the White House on December 7, 1980. Walter Mondale and his wife, Joan Mondale, look on from the right. UPI File Photo

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Mondale makes his presidential nomination acceptance speech to the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco on July 19, 1984. Photo by Don Rypka/UPI

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Sen. Edward Kennedy (L) meets with Mondale after Mondale won the Democratic nomination for president in San Francisco on July 19, 1984. UPI File Photo

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