US supreme court justice and women’s rights champion Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies

US supreme court justice and women’s rights champion Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies
US supreme court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (AP)

US supreme court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice, has died aged 87 at her home in Washington.

A statement from the court said Ms Ginsburg died as a result of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer.

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