A Tribute to “Old Man” Gregorio Fuentes

Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 01.31.02 | 1:18 AM ET

Stephen Kinzer details the impact of the life of Gregorio Fuentes, the inspiration for Ernest Hemingway’s “The Old Man and the Sea,” on Papa and the travelers who made pilgrimages to his home in Cuba in a New York Times story. Fuentes recently passed away. He was 104.