The most important Colombian writer who ever lived died today aged 87. He’s also the only Colombian to ever win a Nobel Prize, his most prolific work: One Hundred Years of Solitude. His name: Gabriel García Márquez.

The Colombian president spoke in all national TV channels and declared national mourning for 3 days; in which all government institutions should hoist the flag at half-mast.

You will never be forgotten, Gabo.