Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies of metastatic pancreatic cancer at 87

Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87.

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Fri., Sept. 18, 2020

FILe - In this Jan. 30, 2018 file photo Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg waves in acknowledgement of the applause she receives as she arrives for a "fireside chat" in the Bruce M. Selya Appellate Courtroom at the Roger William University Law School in Bristol, R.I. The Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has returned to the building for the first time since lung cancer surgery in late December. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia) ORG XMIT: WX101

Stephan Savoia
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks at The University of Toledo's Doermann Theatre in Toledo, Ohio, Monday, March 13, 2006. (AP Photo/Madalyn Ruggiero) ORG XMIT: OHMR101

Madalyn Ruggiero
Award recipient Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg appears onstage at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards on Monday, Nov. 12, 2012 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP) ORG XMIT: NYCS102

Charles Sykes
ORG XMIT: WX158 President Barack Obama greets Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg prior to his State of the Union address in front of a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)

Saul Loeb
FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2019, file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg attends Georgetown Law's second annual Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture in Washington. A tweet Monday, Aug. 31, 2020, from a new bride brought the first sighting of ailing Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in months — officiating at an outdoor wedding Sunday. The photo of the 87-year-old Ginsburg shows her during the wedding ceremony Sunday of Barb Solish and Danny Kazin. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ORG XMIT: WX110

Jacquelyn Martin
FILE - In this July 31, 2014, file photo, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is seen in her chambers in at the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court says Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File) ORG XMIT: WX108

Cliff Owen
President Clinton gestures during a Rose Garden news conference Monday along with Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The president nominated Ginsburg, 60, a federal appeals judge, to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court.

Doug Mills
FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2018, file photo, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for a formal group portrait to include a new Associate Justice, top row, far right, at the Supreme Court Building in Washington. Seated from left: Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr. Standing behind from left: Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Elena Kagan and Associate Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) ORG XMIT: WX118

J. Scott Applewhite
The American flag blows in the wind after it was lowered to half-staff Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, in Washington, after the Supreme Court announced that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ORG XMIT: DCAB335

Alex Brandon