"RBG" is no more.
Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 87, the United States Supreme Court announced on Friday (September 18).
The dean of this institution had made repeated stays in the hospital lately.
Her health was closely scrutinized by the progressive camp in the United States, which regards her as an icon of the feminist struggle.
His death gives Republican President Donald Trump the opportunity to nominate a conservative successor.
He will be able to rely on the Republican majority in the Senate.
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