Merrill's Death Ruled A Suicide

Philip Merrill apparently took his own life, his family said in a statement last night. According to the Washington Post, Merrill was found with a shotgun wound to the head and a small anchor tied around one or both ankles.

From the family’s statement: “Over the past four weeks we observed that his spirit had dimmed. We spoke to him and consulted his physician about it. He was fatigued and unmotivated, a clear departure from his lifelong optimistic outlook and irrepressible spirit.

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