Summary
A passion for living and for the bay
On a beautiful Saturday afternoon, there was only one place Phil Merrill wanted to be: out on the Chesapeake Bay on his 41-foot sailboat, the Merrilly.See the full content of this document
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Hope for Merrill Fades As Search Continues
"He just couldn't resist a sunny day with the wind at his back," his wife, Eleanor, and family said in a statement Sunday.
But it appears increasingly likely that the waters of the bay he knew so well have taken his life.Mr. Merrill, the 72-year-old publisher of Capital-Gazette Newspapers and a former diplo...See the full content of this document
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