Nobel Prize-Winning Author Gabriel Garcia Marquez Dead at 87

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez during his 87th birthday in Mexico City in March.

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By Josh Dickey2014-04-17 20:18:20 UTC

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Nobel Prize-winning author of One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera, has died, the AP reported Thursday. He was 87.

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Márquez, a native Colombian who for years had lived in Mexico City, was reportedly in failing health, including a recent battle with pneumonia. The AP did not list a reason for his death, which it attributed to a source close to the author and journalist's family.

Known for his magical realist novels and short stories, Garcia Marquez was a literary giant whose range and influence was impossible to measure. "One Hundred Years of Solitude” has been reprinted in more than 25 languages and sold 50 million copies since its release in 1967, making him the most widely read Latin American author in history.

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