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Author and Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez has died in Mexico after a long illness, according to a source close to the family. He was 87 years old.

The Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez, who unleashed the worldwide boom in Spanish language literature and magical realism with his novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, died at the age of 87. He had been admitted to hospital in Mexico 

Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez has passed away at the age of 87, according to the Associated Press. García Márquez was recently hospitalized for an infection in Mexico City, and on Wednesday, April 9, 

Reaction to death of writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez: ———. "A thousand years of loneliness and sadness for the death of the greatest Colombian of all time!" — Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos. ———. "With the passing of Gabriel Garcia Marquez

You haven't read any of his books? This must be remedied at once. Go and read One Hundred Years of Solitude ASAP. One of my top 5 favorite books. Many of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's short stories are also excellent. Reply.