PHOTOS: Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombian author, has died at age 87
April 17, 2014
In this March 6, 2014, file photo, Colombian Nobel Literature laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez greets fans and reporters outside his home on his birthday in Mexico City. Garcia Marquez, known as "Gabo" in Latin America, turned 87. Marquez has been hospitalized, Thursday April 3, 2014, at a local hospital in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File) ( Mexico Garcia Marquez )
Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez answers journalists' questions aftre having been announced as winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 25 October 1982 in Mexico City. (HASSE PERSSON/AFP/Getty Images) ( APP2002101676857 )
William James McGill, left, president of Columbia University, presents an honorary degree to novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez of Bogota, Colombia, June 1, 1971. The scroll is a stand-in for the real scroll which will be given to Garcia Marquez during commencement exercises. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler) ( Nobel Winners Garcia Marquez )
In this Dec. 8, 1982 file photo, Gabriel Garcia Marquez receives the literature award from King Carl Gustaf at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden. Marquez died Thursday April 17, 2014 at his home in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Bjorn Elgstrand, Pool, File) ( Obit Gabriel Garcia Marquez )
In this Dec. 8, 1982 file photo, Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez shows his Nobel Prize medal after he delivered his Nobel Lecture in Stockholm, Sweden. Marquez died Thursday April 17, 2014 at his home in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Bjorn Elgstrand, Pool, File) ( Obit Gabriel Garcia Marquez )
This undated file photo of Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez is seen in an unknown location. Marquez died Thursday April 17, 2014 at his home in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Hamilton, File) ( Obit Gabriel Garcia Marquez )
This undated file photo shows Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez at an undisclosed location. Marquez died Thursday April 17, 2014 at his home in Mexico City. (AP Photo) ( Obit Gabriel Garcia Marquez )
A young Mexican sitting in a cafe reads a newspaper which offers a special suplement dedicated to Colombian writer and Nobel Prize in Literature 1982 Gabriel Garcia Marquez in the day of his 80th anniversary, 06 March, 2007 in Mexico City. AFP PHOTO/ Ronaldo SCHEMIDT (Photo credit should read Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images) ( Mvd283359 )
In this Oct. 20,1995 file photo, PLO Leader Yasser Arafat greets Nobel laureate Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez during the closing ceremonies of the Non-Aligned Summit in Cartagena, Colombia. In the background is Colombian President Ernesto Samper. Marquez died Thursday April 17, 2014 at his home in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Roger Richards,File) ( Obit Gabriel Garcia Marquez )
In this Dec. 16, 2005 file photo, Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, left, greets National Liberation Army (ELN) spokesperson Francisco Galan before a meeting between Colombia's government and the ELN in Havana, Cuba. Marquez died on Thursday, April 17, 2014 at his home in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Jorge Rey, File) ( Obit Gabriel Garcia Marquez )
In this March 3, 2000 file photo, Cuba's leader Fidel Castro, left, and Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez speak during a dinner at the annual cigar festival in Havana, Cuba. Marquez died on Thursday, April 17, 2014 at his home in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Jose Goitia, File) ( Obit Gabriel Garcia Marquez )
Colombian Nobel Prize for Literature 1982 Gabriel Garcia Marquez (L) leans out of the window of the train upon arrival at his hometown Aracataca, Colombia 30 May, 2007. Garcia Marquez hadn't visited Aracataca in twenty years. AFP PHOTO/ Alejandra VEGA (ALEJANDRA VEGA/AFP/Getty Images) ( Mvd347158 )
In this Jan. 4, 2006 file photo, people pass under a billboard that reads in Spanish "Welcome to the magical world of Macondo" decorated with images of Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez at the entrance of Marquez's hometown of Aracataca, Colombia. Marquez died on Thursday, April 17, 2014 at his home in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File) ( Obit Gabriel Garcia Marquez )
In this Jan. 4, 2006 file photo, boys play soccer in front a mural of Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez in Aracataca, Colombia, the writer's hometown. Marquez died on Thursday, April 17, 2014 at his home in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File) ( Obit Gabriel Garcia Marquez )
Picture taken on January 7, 1999 showing Nobel Prize in Literature winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez in San Vicente de Caguan, Colombia. Colombia's Nobel-winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez died on April 17, 2014 in Mexico City at the age of 87, Mexican and Colombian media reported. Garcia Marquez, the author of "One Hundred Years of Solitude," passed away at his home with his wife and two sons by his side, Mexico's Televisa anchor Joaquin Lopez-Doriga said on Twitter, echoing reports in Mexican and Colombian newspapers. (MARCELO SALINAS/AFP/Getty Images) ( 529047361 )
In this March 26, 2007 file photo released by Colombia's News Service SNE, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, right, speaks with Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez at the opening ceremony of International Congress of Spanish Language in Cartagena, Colombia. Marquez died Thursday April 17, 2014 at his home in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Cesar Carrion, SNE) ( Obit Gabriel Garcia Marquez )
In this March 26, 2007 file photo released by Colombia's News Service SNE, Spain's King Juan Carlos, left, embraces Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez at the International Congress of Spanish Language's opening ceremony in Cartagena, Colombia. Marquez died on Thursday, April 17, 2014 at his home in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Cesar Carrion, SNE) ( Obit Gabriel Garcia Marquez )
In this May 30, 2007 file photo, Colombia's Literature Nobel Prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez sticks out his tongue to photographers upon his arrival on a train to Aracataca, his hometown in northeastern Colombia. At right is his wife Mercedes Barcha who accompanied the writer on his first visit to his hometown in 25 years. Marquez died Thursday April 17, 2014 at his home in Mexico City. (AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez, File) ( Obit Gabriel Garcia Marquez )
In this Nov. 18, 2008 file photo, Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes, left, embraces Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez during a round table discussion on Fuentes' work at the UNAM national university in Mexico City. Marquez died Thursday April 17, 2014 at his home in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File) ( Obit Gabriel Garcia Marquez )
Cartagena, COLOMBIA: Colombian writer and Nobel Prize laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez (L) waves during the opening ceremony of the IV International Congress of the Spanish Language, in Cartagena, 26 March 2007. AFP PHOTO/Rodrigo ARANGUA (Photo credit should read RODRIGO ARANGUA/AFP/Getty Images) ( Mvd297781 )
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