Women’s rights champion Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies aged 87

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, seen in her chambers in at the Supreme Court in Washington, has been remembered as a champion of women’s rights (Cliff Owen/AP)

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women’s rights champion, has died aged 87.

The court’s second female justice died from complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer, though she made few concessions to age and recurrent health problems in her latter years.