Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in October 2019. Erin Clark for The Boston Globe via Getty Chief Justice John Roberts described Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as "a tireless and resolute champion of justice" in response to her death Friday evening. Ginsburg died Friday evening in her Washington, DC, home due to complications from cancer, the Supreme Court announced. "Our Nation has lost a jurist of historic stature," Roberts said in the statement.