Writer, journalist, and diplomat Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza died at the age of 94, bringing to a close a career spanning more than seven decades devoted to literature, political analysis, and reporting. Writer Plinio Mendoza, Close Friend of Colombian Nobel Laureate Garcia Marquez, DiesBorn in Tunja, the capital of Colombia’s Boyaca department, in 1932, Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza grew up in an environment deeply connected to politics and journalism. Although he built a distinguished career of his own, Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza’s name remained closely linked to Gabriel Garcia Marquez. “Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza has died—an exceptional human being: journalist, writer, humanist, liberal, critic, soldier of democracy, defender of our soldiers. Murió Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza, un ser excepcional, el periodista, el escritor, el humanista, el liberal, el crítico, el soldado de la democracia, el defensor de los soldados.