'''Marion Higgins''' (June_26, 1893 – March_2, 2006) was born '''Marion Bigelow''' in New_York_City. At an early age, she moved to Maine and later to California.
On May_29, 2005, Marion was recognized as California's oldest living person, 4 weeks shy of 112 (following the passing of Margaret_Russell, aged 112).
Marion's memory was remarkable for a person her age. She could remember from age 1 and could recite poems backwards.
Marion died from congestive heart failure in Seal_Beach,_California, aged 112 years, 249 days. She was ranked as 6th-oldest in the U.S. and 11th in the world at the time of her passing.
==References==
* Noted nonagenarians and centenarians site
* Gerontology Research Group
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