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Gabriel Garcia Marquez Has Dementia

Brother says Nobel laureate author is done writing

By John Johnson, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 7, 2012 8:21 AM CDT

(Newser) – The younger brother of Gabriel Garcia Marquez says the Nobel laureate is suffering from dementia at age 85, reports the BBC. The author of One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera phones frequently to ask for help with basic daily... Read full story »

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez Has Dementia

Brother says Nobel laureate author is done writing

Colombia • author • Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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