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Gabriel García Márquez, one of the world's greatest (1) ____________, has died, aged 87. He (2) ____________ away at his home in Mexico. The official cause of death was a lung (3) ____________. The Colombian writer won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982, among many more top literary awards. The Colombian government has announced three days of national (4) ____________. A spokesperson said García Márquez was, "a writer who changed the lives of his (5) ____________ ". His novel ''Love in the Time of Cholera" is the best selling book written in Spanish of all (6) ____________. He also wrote many more (7) ____________. Many critics place García Márquez among the most important writers ever. He helped develop a (8) ____________ of writing called "magical realism".
U.S. President Barack Obama paid a (9) ____________ to Márquez, saying: "The world has lost one of its greatest (10) ____________ writers." Former President Bill Clinton said: "I was always amazed by his (11) ____________ gifts of imagination, clarity of thought, and emotional honesty. He captured the pain and joy of our common (12) ____________ in settings both real and magical." García Márquez once said he was a (13) ____________ from a young age. He told an interviewer: "I have often been told by the family that I started (14) ____________ things, stories and so on, almost since I was born - ever (15) ____________ I could speak." Peruvian Nobel prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa said: "His novels will (16) ____________ and will continue to find new readers everywhere."
