Eleanor Jane Mondale, a former television and radio personality and the daughter of former Vice President Walter F. Mondale, died early Saturday at her home in Prior Lake, Minn. She was 51. The cause was brain cancer, which she had been battling since 2005. “She was a wonderful daughter,” Mr. Mondale said in telephone interview from his daughter’s home, where relatives and friends had gathered. “A great spirit, a lot of courage. She fought this stuff almost six years now and never a whimper.” Eleanor Jane Mondale was born in Minneapolis on Jan. 19, 1960, the second of three children of Mr. Mondale and his wife, Joan. When she was 4, her father was appointed to the Senate seat vacated by Hubert H. Humphrey, who had become Lyndon B. Johnson’s vice president. She graduated from St. Timothy’s School in Maryland and St. Lawrence University, in Canton, N.Y. In college and soon afterward, she spent time in Los Angeles auditioning for television and movie roles, landing small parts in several TV shows, including “Three’s Company” and “Dynasty.” Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/u...hter-of-former-vice-president-dead-at-51.html
