U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whose early work forging a path to equality for women as a litigator would later manifest in vigorous defense of civil liberties as the second female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, died Friday evening. She was 87.

The cause was complications of metastatic pancreas cancer, according to court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg.

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