87-Year Old Gabriel Garcia Marquez Dies · Global Voices
Gabriela García Calderón Orbe

Colombia Nobel laureate author Gabriel García Márquez passed away on Thursday, April 17, 2014, in Mexico City. He was 87 years old. Colombian network Caracol posted a chronology [es] of his life.
On Twitter, user Pepin Balongo expressed his sorrow:
Ya no son cien años en soledad; a partir de ahora será una eternidad en soledad; adiós Gabo.
— Pepín Balongo (@PepnBalongo) abril 17, 2014
There are no more a hundred years of solitude; from now on, it will be an eternity in solitude; goodbye Gabo [author's nickname].