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Lilly Ledbetter, American icon of the fight for equal pay, dies at 86

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Former Alabama factory manager Lilly Ledbetter died Saturday of respiratory failure, family says.

Ledbetter 's lawsuit against her employer led to landmark wage discrimination legislation.

The Supreme Court ruled in 2007 that she had filed her complaint too late.

A film about her life starring Patricia Clarkson premiered last week at the Hamptons International Film Festival .

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