Joan Mondale, who wore the moniker "Joan of Art" as America's second lady, an ambassador's wife and a fixture of the Twin Cities cultural scene, died Monday. She was 83.
The wife of former Vice President Walter Mondale was a tireless promoter of the arts and a poised campaigner for her husband. Over the years, she turned the vice presidential mansion into an arts gallery and pushed her St. Paul alma mater to set aside money for public art in each construction project.
Mondale died surrounded by her husband, two sons and other relatives, according to the Mondales' longtime pastor.
