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Photos: Renowned US Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who has been regarded as an iconic champion of women's rights and a history-making jurist, passed away on September 18 at the age of 87 due to health complications at her home in Washington DC. Popularly known as the Notorious RBG, Ginsburg in recent years, served as the most senior member of the court liberal wing and is only the second woman to sit on the United States of America’s highest court.

Updated on: Sep 20, 2020 11:41 AM IST

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is greeted upon her arrival prior to US President Barack Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress in Washington on February 24, 2009. US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away on September 18 at the age of 87 due to complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer at her home in Washington DC. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais / Reuters)

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is greeted upon her arrival prior to US President Barack Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress in Washington on February 24, 2009. US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away on September 18 at the age of 87 due to complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer at her home in Washington DC. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais / Reuters)

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her husband Martin Ginsburg, and their children Jane and James are seen off the coast of St. Thomas in 1979. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, was regarded as a towering women’s rights champion and history-making jurist at the court for over 27 years. (Supreme Court of the United States via AP)

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her husband Martin Ginsburg, and their children Jane and James are seen off the coast of St. Thomas in 1979. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, was regarded as a towering women’s rights champion and history-making jurist at the court for over 27 years. (Supreme Court of the United States via AP)

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A candle sits outside the US Supreme Court following the death of Ginsburg in Washington on September 19. Late in her court tenure, she became a social media icon, the Notorious RBG, a name coined by a law student who admired Ginsburg’s dissent in a case cutting back on a key civil rights law. (Al Drago / REUTERS)

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A candle sits outside the US Supreme Court following the death of Ginsburg in Washington on September 19. Late in her court tenure, she became a social media icon, the Notorious RBG, a name coined by a law student who admired Ginsburg’s dissent in a case cutting back on a key civil rights law. (Al Drago / REUTERS)

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This image provided by the Supreme Court shows Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 1948. Ginsburg was born on March 15, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York, to Russian Jewish immigrants. (Supreme Court of the United States via AP)

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This image provided by the Supreme Court shows Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 1948. Ginsburg was born on March 15, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York, to Russian Jewish immigrants. (Supreme Court of the United States via AP)

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US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (L) turns to hug tenor Placido Domingo after Domingo sang a portion of Ginsburg’s citation for her honorary Doctor of Laws degree, during the 360th Commencement Exercises at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts on May 26, 2011. In 1956, Ginsburg enrolled at the Harvard Law School. She eventually moved to Columbia University in New York, and graduated in 1959. (Brian Snyder / REUTERS)

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US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (L) turns to hug tenor Placido Domingo after Domingo sang a portion of Ginsburg’s citation for her honorary Doctor of Laws degree, during the 360th Commencement Exercises at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts on May 26, 2011. In 1956, Ginsburg enrolled at the Harvard Law School. She eventually moved to Columbia University in New York, and graduated in 1959. (Brian Snyder / REUTERS)

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg works on a typewriter while on a Rockefeller Foundation fellowship in Italy in 1977. Ginsburg co-founded the influential Women’s Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union in 1972. (Supreme Court of the United States via AP)

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg works on a typewriter while on a Rockefeller Foundation fellowship in Italy in 1977. Ginsburg co-founded the influential Women’s Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union in 1972. (Supreme Court of the United States via AP)

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President Bill Clinton poses with his nominee for the Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg during a news conference in Washington on June 14, 1993. Ginsburg is only the second woman to sit on United States of America’s highest court. (Doug Mills / AP)

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President Bill Clinton poses with his nominee for the Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg during a news conference in Washington on June 14, 1993. Ginsburg is only the second woman to sit on United States of America’s highest court. (Doug Mills / AP)

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A person holds a sign reading “RBG HERO” as mourners gather during a vigil for Ruth Bader Ginsburg outside of the Supreme Court in Washington on September 18. Ginsburg in recent years served as the most senior member of the court liberal wing, consistently delivering progressive votes on the most divisive social issues of the day, including abortion rights, same-sex marriage, voting rights, immigration, health care and affirmative action. (Sarah Silbiger / Bloomberg)

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A person holds a sign reading “RBG HERO” as mourners gather during a vigil for Ruth Bader Ginsburg outside of the Supreme Court in Washington on September 18. Ginsburg in recent years served as the most senior member of the court liberal wing, consistently delivering progressive votes on the most divisive social issues of the day, including abortion rights, same-sex marriage, voting rights, immigration, health care and affirmative action. (Sarah Silbiger / Bloomberg)

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US President Barack Obama is greeted by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg upon his arrival to deliver the State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington on January 12, 2016. Ginsburg released her first book “My Own Words” in 2016. (Nicholas Kamm / AFP)

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US President Barack Obama is greeted by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg upon his arrival to deliver the State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington on January 12, 2016. Ginsburg released her first book “My Own Words” in 2016. (Nicholas Kamm / AFP)

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Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is seen in her chambers at the Supreme Court in Washington on July 31, 2014. Ginsburg told her granddaughter that she wanted her replacement to be appointed by the next president, National Public Radio reported. “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed,” she dictated to granddaughter Clara Spera days before her death. (Cliff Owen / AP)

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Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is seen in her chambers at the Supreme Court in Washington on July 31, 2014. Ginsburg told her granddaughter that she wanted her replacement to be appointed by the next president, National Public Radio reported. “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed,” she dictated to granddaughter Clara Spera days before her death. (Cliff Owen / AP)

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