Marjorie Johnson, a celebrated baker from Robbinsdale, died on Thursday morning with her children by her side, according to family.

She was 106.

Johnson was known as the “Blue Ribbon Baker” of Minnesota, having earned countless awards for her baked goods at the Minnesota State Fair, as well as many county fairs. She made regular appearances on local and national TV — including “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” and “The Kelly Clarkson Show” — often in a signature red dress and matching kitten heels.

The Minnesota State Fair called Johnson “the winningest baker in State Fair history” and “a true Minnesota State Fair icon.”

”For more than half a century, she embodied the very best of the Great Minnesota Get-Together — creativity, community and pure joy,” reads a

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