Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday due to complications of metastatic pancreas cancer, the court announced. She was 87. See photos of the justice through the years.
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Photos: Ruth Bader Ginsburg through the years
This image released by Magnolia Pictures shows U.S. Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg in a scene from “RBG.”
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FILE – In this Aug. 10, 1993, file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg takes the court oath from Chief Justice William Rehnquist, right, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Ginsburg’s husband Martin holds the Bible and President Bill Clinton watches at left. The Supreme Court says Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87.
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FILE – In this June 15, 1993, file photo, Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg poses with Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y., left, and Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Supreme Court says Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87.
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FILE – In this July 20, 1993, file photo, then-Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, talks to Supreme Court nominee Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg prior to the start of her confirmation hearing before the committee on Capitol Hill in Washington.The Supreme Court says Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87.
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Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg poses in her robe in her office at U.S. District Court in Washington on Tuesday, August 3, 1993. Earlier, the Senate voted 96-3 to confirm Bader as the 107th justice and the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court nominee Ruth Bader Ginsburg (right) meets with U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, (D.-Calif., on Tuesday, June 29, 1993 at Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Judge Ginsburg is visiting several Senators before she appears before the Judiciary Committee for the confirmation hearings.
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FILE – In this June 14, 1993, file photo, President Bill Clinton poses with his nominee for the Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg during a news conference in Washington. The Supreme Court says Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87.
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg reads to a group of children from a story book at the 10th Anniversary of TV’s “Reading Rainbow”.
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FILE – In this June 14, 1993, file photo, President Bill Clinton and Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg walk along the Colonnade of the White House in Washington, as they head to the Rose Garden for a news conference where the President nominated Ginsburg to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court says Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87.
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg listens to a question during a speaking engagement at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., Friday, Oct. 19, 2012. The 79-year-old Ginsburg’s visit is a part of Yale’s Gruber Program for Global Justice and Women’s Rights.
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FILE – In this Aug. 19, 2016, file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is introduced during the keynote address for the State Bar of New Mexico’s annual meeting in Pojoaque, N.M. The Supreme Court says Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87.
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This image released by Magnolia Pictures shows U.S. Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg in a scene from “RBG.”
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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.
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FILE – In this April 6, 2018, file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg applauds after a performance in her honor after she spoke about her life and work during a discussion at Georgetown Law School in Washington. The Supreme Court says Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87.
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FILE – In this Sept. 26, 2018, file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg leaves the stage after speaking to first-year students at Georgetown Law in Washington. The Supreme Court says Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87.
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FILE – In this Nov. 30, 2018 file photo, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, nominated by President Bill Clinton, sits with fellow Supreme Court justices for a group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington, Friday. The Supreme Court says Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87.
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Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks at the Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019.
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg attends a panel with former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, at Georgetown Law’s second annual Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture, in Washington.
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WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 10: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg takes the stage for a discussion at the Georgetown University Law Center on February 10, 2020 in Washington, DC. Justice Ginsburg and U.S. Appeals Court Judge McKeown discussed the 19th Amendment which guaranteed women the right to vote which was passed 100 years ago.
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WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 14: (left-right) Julie Opperman, Chairman of the Dwight D. Opperman Foundation; John Studzinski, CBE, Award Chairman; Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg; and Agnes Gund at the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Woman of Leadership Award ceremony at The Library of Congress on February 14, 2020 in Washington, DC.
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WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 19: (Back L-R) Karlie Kloss, Lana Condor, Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Diane von Furstenberg, Ria Tabacco Mar, (Bottom L-R) Saskia Nino de Rivera, Priti Patkar, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Iman attend 2020 DVF Awards at on February 19, 2020 in Washington, DC.
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