Mondale, 45, said her vision had bothered her in recent months but didn't believe there was anything seriously wrong until a camping trip May 16, when she suffered two seizures.The daughter of former Vice president Mondale, she also had a memorable role in the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal. On December 6, 1997, Monica Lewinsky was kept waiting while then President Clinton had a private meeting with Eleanor Mondale, prompting Lewinsky to confide to her friend Linda Tripp her jealousy of Mondale.
Doctors determined she had two tumors, both in her frontal lobe, and on May 31 they were found to be cancerous.
From the Washington Post:
The former White House intern went to the White House Dec. 6, 1997, to deliver a letter and gifts to Clinton, according to the report, but she had to cool her heels for 40 minutes outside the northwest gate. Betty Currie sent word that Clinton "already had a guest," a Secret Service agent let slip that Mondale was inside, and Lewinsky grew "livid" and "stormed away." Lewinsky suspected that Mondale was "romantically involved" with Clinton, the report offers in a footnote. The president then was "irate" that Lewinsky had been told.Mondale denies any affair with Clinton occurred.
We wish her well.
