The news that Supreme Court JusticeRuth Bader Ginsburgpassed awayon September 18, 2020, left the nation in mourning.
As noted byNPR, Ginsburgpassed away from complications of metastatic pancreatic cancerat the age of 87.
Ginsburg fought various cancers for decades.
Her first brush with cancer came in 1999, when she was diagnosed with colon cancer.
A decade later, Ginsburg was again diagnosed with cancer, this time in the pancreas.
They removed parts of the organ, as well as her spleen.
In 2018, she faced lung cancer, and had two growths removed from her lungs.
In 2019, a malignant tumor was found on her pancreas.
Her mother, Celia Bader, passed away from cervical cancer when Ginsburg was still in high school.
Her mother’s illness was part of the reason that Ginsburg excelled academically.
“She wanted me to do well in school,” she toldThe Atlantic.
“So I would sit in her bedroom and do my homework, concentrating on that work.
At Cornell, there could be a dorm room full of young women talking or playing bridge or whatever.
I could sit there with my notes and wasn’t distracted.”
While she andher husband, Martin Ginsburg, were in law school, he was diagnosed with testicular cancer.
PerCNN, he credited his recovery to his wife’s dedication to his care.
Years later, he would again battle cancer, passing away in 2010 from complications from metastatic cancer.
