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Eric Berger

Lilly Ledbetter, equal pay champion who inspired Fair Pay Act, dies aged 86

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Lilly Ledbetter at the White House in Washington, in 2016. Photograph: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP

Lilly Ledbetter, an equal pay advocate whose lawsuit against her employer inspired the Fair Pay Act of 2009, died on Saturday in Alabama at age 86.

Ledbetter died of respiratory failure, according to a statement from her family provided to the Alabama news organization Al.com.

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