Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died at the age of 87 on Friday evening, Sept. 18, due to “complications from pancreatic cancer,” which the Supreme Court announced in a press release.
Ginsburg, who was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1993 by President Bill Clinton, was known for her tenacity, power, and staunch defense of women’s rights.
Ginsburg’s death follows a year of hospitalizations and health scares, including surgery for lung cancer and radiation treatment for pancreatic cancer.
These were her third and fourth battles with cancer; she was diagnosed with and underwent surgery for early-stage pancreatic cancer in 2009, and received treatment for colon cancer in 1999.
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