About Merlin
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 Marcus Dixon on Getting By, Marcus Henry in Under One Roof and Romeo Santana on The WB sitcom The Steve Harvey Show (1996–2002). On November 9, 2002, Santana was shot dead in Los Angeles by a 19-year-old whose girlfriend falsely told him that Santana had made sexual advances; the pair, and a third accomplice, were all sentenced to incarceration. — Source: Wikipedia