A close friend of Colombia’s most iconic author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, claimed Tuesday the novelist did not have dementia, contradicting recent statements from the writer’s brother.
Jaime Abello, director of the Gabriel Garcia Marquez New Journalism Foundation in Cartagena, told the New York Times the author had yet to be clinically diagnosed with dementia and he suffered memory loss like any man his age would.
The prolific writer has remained out of the public eye in recent years, furthering speculation that he is suffering from poor health.