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Former Vice President Walter Mondale hospitalized with flu

FILE - Former Vice President Walter Mondale listens as Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton address the inauguration attendees after he took the oath of office as Minnesota governor in this Jan. 3, 2011 file photo taken in St. Paul, Minn. Former Vice President Mondale has been hospitalized with the flu. he was supposed to introduce former President Jimmy Carter Friday March 6, 2015 at the annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)
FILE - Former Vice President Walter Mondale listens as Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton address the inauguration attendees after he took the oath of office as Minnesota governor in this Jan. 3, 2011 file photo taken in St. Paul, Minn. Former Vice President Mondale has been hospitalized with the flu. he was supposed to introduce former President Jimmy Carter Friday March 6, 2015 at the annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Former Vice President Walter Mondale is hospitalized with the flu but says he’s doing well.

Mondale was supposed to introduce former President Jimmy Carter Friday at the annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum.

Instead, Carter told the crowd that his former vice president was at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester.

Carter said Mondale had gone to the hospital for a routine check-up and was admitted after doctors discovered he had the flu.

Carter said he spoke with the 87-year-old and Mondale told him to tell everyone that he’s doing well.