Ruth Bader Ginsburg died at 87 after serving as a Supreme Court Justice for 27 years. Here's a look at the trailblazer's life and career.

• Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on September 18, 2020, due to complications from cancer.
• She was a left-leaning Associate Justice on the Supreme Court for nearly three decades and a pop culture icon.
• Here's how she became one of the most important legal influences of her time.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on September 18, 2020, due to complications from cancer. She was 87.

The Supreme Court confirmed her death in a statement at the time, in which Chief Justice John Roberts described Ginsburg as a "jurist of historic nature" and he and his colleagues at the Supreme Court "have lost a cherished colleague."