Until the sudden end, the woman who had become known as the "Notorious RBG" was living as if there would be more tomorrows. Ginsburg had planned to marry Motley and his fiancée in a quiet ceremony on a patio at her apartment. Ginsburg, clad in her black judicial robe and one of her distinctive decorative collars, was sitting at a lectern between them. Motley, executive vice president of the Aspen Institute, said of Ginsburg's spirits in recent communications: "They were always good, always strong. A few days earlier that same July week, Ginsburg had been treated at Johns Hopkins Hospital after experiencing fever and chills.

Source: CNN September 25, 2020 10:52 UTC