Motley, who wrote about the planned wedding with Ginsburg in an essay for the New York Times, told CNN that he and the justice had exchanged personal emails during the summer and that she had sent him an upbeat note and photograph of the two of them, speaking with a maestro during an opera reception, pre-coronavirus. (Photo by Shannon Finney/Getty Images) Shannon Finney/Getty ImagesĢ0 years of closed-door conversations with Ruth Bader Ginsburg WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 14: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is seen as she presents the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Inaugural Woman of Leadership Award to Agnes Gund at The Library of Congress on Februin Washington, DC. “They said we need to push it back, let’s look at some other days.”

“I had been in touch with the chambers, in preparation for Friday,” Motley told CNN. Until the sudden end, the woman who had become known as the “Notorious RBG” was living as if there would be more tomorrows.Įric Motley, whose wedding she was to officiate the night of her death, was told two days earlier, without reference to Ginsburg’s medical condition, that the wedding would have to be postponed. The 87-year-old justice’s situation turned severe the week of September 14, and she died the evening of September 18, surrounded by her family. Her medical condition during that time is not known, and the Supreme Court public information officer said on Thursday that the family did not wish to provide details of Ginsburg’s final days. Ginsburg, who had been fighting complications from metastatic cancer of the pancreas, was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore a week earlier, stayed for a few days, and returned home on September 11, according to two people familiar with the situation.

In the weeks right before her death, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was still conferring on cases, penning notes to friends and continuing to schedule social events, including a wedding that she was to officiate the day she died.

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