Longevity
On October 1, 2009, Maas, aged 109, became the fourth oldest living person in California. In July 2010 there were inaccurate reports of her death. On February 18, 2011, Mollye Marcus died, and Maas—aged 110 years, 229 days—became the third oldest living person in California. On November 29, 2011, she was the third oldest person in California after Soledad Mexia and Avice Clarke.
Sagor Maas died on January 5, 2012, at the Country Villa nursing facility in La Mesa, California. At the time of her death, she was the 44th oldest verified person in the world.
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“Every thing teaches transition, transference, metamorphosis: therein is human power, in transference, not in creation; & therein is human destiny, not in longevity but in removal. We dive & reappear in new places.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)