Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a statement dictated to her granddaughter Clara Spera few days before her death said, "My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed," according to NPR.


Washington: On September 18, US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away. 87-year-old Ginsburg was the oldest justice of nine on the Supreme Court, according to reports.

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The report added that Ginsburg had informed her granddaughter she didn't want to be replaced until a new President is installed.

A few days before her death, Ginsburg dictated the statement to her granddaughter Clara Spera: "My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed," according to NPR.

Ginsburg died after a fight with pancreatic cancer, the court announced, saying she passed away surrounded by her family at her home in Washington, DC.

Affectionately known as the Notorious RBG, she was a staunch opponent of President Donald Trump. Ginsburg was outspoken in her condemnations of the president, a man she criticized for his "ego" and whose impact on the court she said she did not "even want to contemplate."