May 2, 2015 Writers Gabriel García Márquez Colombian author (One Hundred Years of Solitude Died on Thursday April 17th 2014 Other writersHerman Branover Russian-Israeli physicist dead at age 94Marcel Labine Canadian poet dead at age 78David Kendall American television writer and producer and film director dead at age 68Volker Hage German journalist, author and literary critic dead at age 76Gordon Snell public figure dead at age 93Yair Garbuz Israeli visual artist, writer, and opinion journalist dead at age 80Zelda F. Gamson American sociologist, pancreatic cancer dead at age 90Len Strazewski American comic book writer dead at age 71Edith Eger Hungarian-American psychologist and author dead at age 98Gerry Conway American comic book writer, screenwriter and television producer dead at age 73More from ColombiaCristian Camilo Muñoz Colombian road racing cyclist, complications from a fall dead at age 30Rafael Tolosa Colombian racing cyclist dead at age 67Rafael Antonio Tolosa Calvo Colombian racing cyclist dead at age 67Alonso López Colombian footballer dead at age 69Pedro Ramayá Beltrán Colombian caña de millo player, pleural effusion dead at age 96More from April 17, 2014Mayra AlejandraNancy BrataasSteve CappielloCheo FelicianoAndrés Uriel GallegoMichael C. JanewayBernat KleinMcDowell LeeWojciech LeśnikowskiHenry Maksoud Tags 17 April 2014 2014-04-17 April 17 April 2014 Colombia Gabriel Márquez Writers ←Michael C. Janeway Andrés Uriel Gallego→