Gabriel García Márquez has passed away at the age of 87. The Colombian novelist was the recipient of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature. Márquez had been admitted into the hospital for dehydration and a respiratory and urinary infection. He was able to return home after eight days, but his health was "still very fragile." During his stay at the Mexico City hospital, he read all the coverage he was getting and surprised reporters waiting outisde with a message he sent via one of his assistants that said, "Are you crazy? What are you doing out there? Go work and do something productive."
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García Márquez is survived by his wife Mercedes Barcha and sons Rodrigo and Gonzalo. "Gabo," as he was affectionately known, wrote classics like "One Hundred Years Of Solitude," "Autumn Of The Patriarch" and "Love In The Time Of Cholera." His works were critically acclaimed thanks to a literary style he popularized and labeled as "magic realism" where he mixed magical elements into ordinary and realistic scenarios. His last novela was published in 2004 and titled "Memories Of My Melancholy Whores." The literary world will not be the same, and celebrities have taken to social media to expresse their condolences. Read on below:
Shakira: Dear Gabo, you once said that life isn't what one lived, but the life one remembers and how he remembers it to retell it ... your life, dear Gabo, will be remembered by all of us as a unique and singular gift, and as the most original story of all. It's difficult to say goodbye to you, with all that you've given us! You will always be in my heart and in those of all who loved and admired you.
Juanes: One of the biggest of them all leaves but an immortal legend stays... thank you Gabriel García Márquez.
Juan Soler: You wrote my favorite novel... It won't be 100 years anymore, it will be an eternity of solitude...
Rose McGowan: I'm so sad about Gabriel Garcia Marquez passing. His words took me to magical places.
James Franco: 100 YEARS OF SOLITUDE - Gabriel Garcia Marquez We will never forget!!!
Pedro Sicard: Gabriel García Márquez died, it is a great loss for this world, literature, family and friends.
Epigmenio Ibarra: Gabriel García Márquez died. What pain..
David Faitelson: May you rest in peace. One of the biggest in Latin American literature, the legendary Gabriel García Márquez
Raúl De Molina: One of the extraordinary novelist has died.
Joaquín López-Doriga: Gabriel García Márquez has just passed away in his home in Mexico City, accompanied by Mercedes and his kids. RIP
Ana María Canseco: Saddened by the news of Gabriel García Márquez passing. RIP
Iliana Fox: One of the biggest has left us. the most valuable. What a profound sadness.
Myrka Dellanos: May you rest in peace Gabriel García Márquez, a literary legend and a Hispanic to be proud of.
Carlos De La Mota: Today "no one writes to the world"! Today the world is a little worse. So long Gabriel García Márquez.
Laura Carmine: May you rest in peace Gabriel García Márquez thank you for giving us so much and for making us love literature.
Michel Brown: Rest in peace Gabriel García Márquez ... One of the greatest has left!
Aylin Mujica: Rest in peace Gabriel García Márquez!
Margarita Zavala: I lament the passing of Gabriel García Márquez; a hug to Mercedes and her kids.
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