Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Colombian author whose beguiling stories of love and longing brought Latin America to life for millions of readers and put magical realism on the literary map, died on April 17. He was 87.
Reuters: Garcia Marquez, nobel winner, dies at 87
Colombian novelist Garcia Marquez, nobel winner, master of magical realism, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo, dies at 87.
