Merlin Santana (March 14, 1976 - November 9, 2002) was an American actor and rapper. Beginning his career in the early 1990s, Santana was best known for his roles as Rudy Huxtable's boyfriend Stanley on The Cosby Show, Marcus Dixon on Getting By, Marcus Henry in Under One Roof and Romeo Santana on The WB sitcom The Steve Harvey Show (1996 - 2002). Merlin Santana was an actor and rapper who was shot dead in a parked car on November 9th, 2002. He was with his friend and former child actor Brandon Quintin Adams. In 2003, Gates was.
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Santana, 26, of North Hollywood was best known for his role as Romeo Santana on "The Steve Harvey Show." Fidler, trying the case without a jury, found King guilty of second-degree murder and. It was the early morning of November 9, 2002, and he and his friend and fellow actor Merlin Santana were getting ready to leave a home recording studio in the Crenshaw neighborhood of Los Angeles. Santana was working on a rap album — his first, according to "Final Cut." Merlin Santana was born in New York to parents from the Dominican Republic. His mother pushed him into a showbusiness career to keep him off the mean streets and out of trouble. Columbia, SC » 47° 00:04 00:55 In Other News SC Primary Runoff Elections Today Santana, 26, who recently appeared in the Eddie Murphy and Robert De Niro movie Showtime, was shot to death early.
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It's been 20 years since child actor/rapper/film star Merlin Santana was shot and killed in the Crenshaw district of California by two random gun men. He was just 26 years old. Merlin was a young, handsome heartthrob who often played a bad boy — but his talent and charm is what really won audiences over. LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Merlin Santana, a television and film actor who appeared in this year's Eddie Murphy movie "Showtime," was shot to death while sitting in a parked car, authorities said Sunday. Actor Merlin Santana, who recently starred with Eddie Murphy in film comedy Showtime, has been shot dead in Los Angeles. Santana, 26, was killed as he sat in the passenger seat of a parked car on Saturday, police have said. He was seen as a rising star, playing Hector in Showtime alongside Murphy and Robert De Niro. Actors + Performers Teen Sentenced for Role in Killing of Actor By Backstage Staff | Last Updated: March 25, 2013 A 17-year-old girl whose lies prompted two men to kill actor Merlin.
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Merlin Santana was an Afro-Latino-American television actor, well known for his role as the teenager Romeo on 'The Steve Harvey Show'. His characters of Rudy Huxtable's boyfriend Stanley in 'The Cosby Show', Marcus Henry in 'Under One Roof', and Marcus Dixon in 'Getting By', boosted his career graph. Merlin Santana was a promising Afro-Latino actor who gained fame for his roles in TV shows and movies in the late 1990s. Born on March 14, 1976, in Washington Heights New York City to parents from the Dominican Republic. Santana began his acting career at the age of three in a commercial for a fast-food chain.
A Superior Court judge sentenced a 17-year-old girl Tuesday to the California Youth Authority for the slaying of actor Merlin Santana. Monique King, who was tried as an adult, will be released at. One of three people charged with murdering actor MERLIN SANTANA in 2002 has been sentenced to 70 years to life in prison. LOS ANGELES SUPERIOR COURT judge LARRY P FIDLER - who called the killing.
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Lea Santana Trivia Two 20-year-old men and a 15-year-old girl were arrested for his murder. The mens' arrests came just a week after the girl was arrested in connection with the case. Santana was shot dead on November 9 while sitting in the passenger seat of a car in south Los Angeles. Was of Dominican ancestry. A 15-year-old girl in custody in connection with the murder of television and film actor Merlin Santana has been ordered to return to court Dec. 10, when a judge will determine if she should be.
