Colombian Nobel Prize laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez waves at reporters during the opening of peace talks between rebel forces and the government in San Vicente del Caguan in this January 7, 1999 file photo. Garcia Marquez, the Colombian author whose beguiling stories of love and longing brought to life for millions of readers and put magical realism on the literary map, died on April 17, 2014. He was 87. Garcia Marquez died at his home in Mexico City, a source close to his family said. Known affectionately to friends and fans as "Gabo", Garcia Marquez was Latin America's best-known author and most beloved author and his books have sold in the tens of millions. [Photo/Agencies]