Media playback is unsupported on your device
US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an iconic champion of women’s rights, has died of cancer at the age of 87, the court has said.
Ginsburg died on Friday of metastatic pancreatic cancer at her home in Washington, DC, surrounded by her family, the statement said.
Earlier this year, Ginsburg said she was undergoing chemotherapy for a recurrence of cancer.
She was a prominent feminist who became a figurehead for liberals in the US.
Ginsburg was the oldest sitting justice on the Supreme Court, having served 27 years on the nation’s highest court.
As one of four liberal justices on the court, her health was watched closely. Ginsburg’s death raises the prospect of US President Donald Trump trying to expand its slender conservative majority.
“Our Nation has lost a jurist of historic stature,” Chief Justice John…
— to www.bbc.com
