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Read more at http://www.silverplanet.com/lifestyles/silver-stars/silver-star-marion-downs/.... Silver Star Marion Downs has had an acclaimed career in audiology. At 93 she wrote a book about living out your passions and getting the most out of a long life: Shut Up and Live! (You Know How): A 93-Year-Olds Guide to Living to a Ripe Old Age.

A hearing center in Colorado was named in her honor and opened in 2005, and she was inducted into the Colorado Womens Hall of Fame in 2006. In 2007, she received the Department of Health and Human Services highest award for her groundbreaking work and lifetime dedication promoting the early identification of hearing problems in children, only the latest of her many awards and honors.

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  • Very inspiring! What will she do next year?

  • What an inspiration...and still going at 95! She is a Silver Star!

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