Washington correspondent
In recent months, signs had appeared in the Adams Morgan neighborhood in Washington: “
RBG works less than five miles from here.
If you don't want to wear a mask to protect your friends and family, wear it to protect RBG
. ”
Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday night at 87 from cancer, was arguably the only magistrate to have achieved popular star status.
Famous enough to be referred to by her initials, she had become a symbol of the feminist movement and a comic book heroine.
Her instantly recognizable figure with her bun and glasses, is reproduced on swimsuits, and her black lace-collar dresses became a costume for little girls at the Halloween party.
An illustrated book devoted to his life,
Notorious RBG
(the Famous RBG), a title inspired by the name of the rapper Notorious BIG, had been released in 2015
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