'A real-life superhero': 'SNL' star Kate McKinnon pays tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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McKinnon, 36, famously played the legal and pop-culture icon dubbed 'the Notorious RBG' for years on 'SNL,' dishing out 'Ginsburns' in Ginsburg's trademark lace-collared black robe.

"For so many of us, Justice Ginsburg was a real-life superhero: a beacon of hope, a warrior for justice, a robed crusader who saved the day time and again," the"Saturday Night Live" star told USA TODAY in a statement Saturday evening.

"Playing her on SNL was a profound joy because I could always feel the overwhelming love and gratitude that the audience had for her. It was one of the great honors of my life to meet Justice Ginsburg, to shake her hand, and to thank her for her lifetime of service to this country."Ginsburg, 87, died Friday after multiple bouts with cancer, which had spread to her liver.

McKinnon, 36, famously played the legal and pop-culture icon dubbed"the Notorious RBG" for years on"SNL," dishing out"Ginsburns" in Ginsburg's trademark lace-collared black robe.at an off-Broadway production of"The Fiddler on the Roof" in 2019.," Ginsburg noted at a Sundance Film Festival conversation in 2018, referencing McKinnon's made-up catchphrase for the justice.

 

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