Mercedes Barcha Pardo, widow of renowned Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez, passed away on Saturday at the age of 87. Garcia Marquez’s nephew, Gabriel Torres Garcia, confirmed the news.
Mercedes and Garcia Marquez—affectionately called as Gabo or Gabito—were married for 56 years, until he passed away at the age of 87, in 2014. The couple had two sons—Rodrigo Garcia and Gonzalo Garcia Barcha.
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