{"id":20403,"date":"2014-04-28T09:11:20","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T14:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/?p=20403"},"modified":"2014-04-22T15:42:14","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T20:42:14","slug":"farewell-gabriel-garcia-marquez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/farewell-gabriel-garcia-marquez\/","title":{"rendered":"Farewell, Gabriel Garcia Marquez"},"content":{"rendered":"
The much-loved writer and journalist Gabriel Garcia Marquez passed away a bit over a week ago, on the 17th<\/sup> of April, after struggling for a long time with the ravages of a degenerative disease. I must confess that I was rather disappointed with the media coverage of this story: a few minutes after his passing, and major news hubs such as Times and BBC were already publishing very lengthy articles about his life and activity. That can only mean one thing: they had the story already prepared and waiting for a go, since they knew he was in the hospital battling his illness. I have nothing against the immediate release of news such as this, but I would expect them to come in the form of a headline or just a few sentences announcing his passing. Therefore, I was a bit conflicted at first about publishing this piece, since I really didn\u2019t want to add up to the long trail of people somehow profiting from his death or finding a good story in it. But since 10 days have passed from his departure, and since I genuinely was \u2013 and am \u2013 a huge admirer of Gabriel Garcia Marquez\u2019s works, I decided to proceed with this tribute piece. Hat\u2019s off to you, father of magic realism.<\/p>\n