Fans say goodbye to Garcia Marquez

Front page from a local newspaper announcing the death of Colombian 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, April 17, 2014.

Garcia Marquez, the author of "One Hundred Years of Solitude", died on Thursday at home in Mexico City with his wife and two children at his side.

Aracataca, Colombia

A resident cries during a symbolic public funeral for Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, in Aracataca, April 21, 2014.

Garcia Marquez, 87, who was born in Aracataca, died in Mexico City on April 17, 2014. Colombia is due to hold a separate memorial on Tuesday.

Mexico City, Mexico

Hundreds of people line up to enter the Palace of Fine Arts for a public viewing of the ashes of late Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez in Mexico City, April 21, 2014.

Mexico City, Mexico

A fan of late Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez holds a sign reading "Gabo, I see you in heaven" while standing outside the Palace of Fine Arts, April 21, 2014.

Aracataca, Colombia

Residents hold portraits during a symbolic funeral for Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, April 21, 2014.

Mexico City, Mexico

A boy stands behind a Colombian flag while holding a book on late Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez during a public viewing of Garcia Marquez's ashes in the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City, April 21, 2014.

Mexico City, Mexico

Police officers stand guard near a Colombian flag with paper butterflies outside the house of Colombian Nobel Prize laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, April 21, 2014.

Mexico City, Mexico

Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos and his Mexican counterpart Enrique Pena Nieto stand next to an urn containing the ashes of late Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, April 21, 2014.

Mexico City, Mexico

Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos, Mercedes Barcha, the widow of late Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto attend a public viewing of Garcia Marquez's ashes in the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City, April 21, 2014.

Mexico City, Mexico

Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto stands next to the urn containing the ashes of late Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez in Mexico City, April 21, 2014.

Mexico City, Mexico

The grandchildren of Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez stand around the urn containing his ashes, April 21, 2014.

Aracataca, Colombia

A resident holding a rose stands in front a poster of late Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, before his symbolic funeral in Aracataca, April 21, 2014.

Mexico City, Mexico

Women blow yellow rose petals over an urn containing the ashes of late Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, April 21, 2014.