En el primer semestre de 2013 fallecio en Barranquilla el Academico Humberto Espinosa Taboada. Habia nacido en Corozal (Sucre) el 31 de diciembre de 1928; quiza por eso –haber llegado al mundo en esta amable ciudad de la costa, nada menos que cuando el jolgorio se tomaba la urbe por la celebracion del fin de ano– siempre mostro ese caracter alegre y descomplicado que lo caracterizaba, sin desmedro de su caballerosidad y seriedad profesional. ABSTRACT In the first half of 2013 died in Barranquilla Academic Humberto Espinosa Taboada. He was born in Corozal (Sucre) on December 31, 1928; perhaps for that, having reached the world in this friendly coast city, no less than when the fun the city was taken in the celebration of fi n year-always showed that cheerful and uncomplicated that characterized it, without detriment to their chivalry and professional seriousness.