What Happened!? 10 Of Our Favorite Movie And TV Characters Who Passed Away Too Soon In Real Life
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Clarke Gail Baines
Merlin Santana, aka, Romeo from “The Steve Harvey Show”
Who wasn’t fawning over Merlin Santana back in the day? He got his start playing Rudy Huxtable’s boo, Stanley, on “The Cosby Show” and was Moesha’s boo, Ohagi, on “Moesha,” but many people know him for playing fine a** Romeo Santana on “The Steve Harvey Show.” His character was something of a womanizer, but he was always a nice sight to see every time the show came on. Sadly, Santana was killed in 2002 as he was shot six times while sitting in a car in LA. The man who shot him, who was later caught and sentenced to three consecutive life sentences and 70 years, did so because his girlfriend, 15 at the time, falsely accused Santana of raping her. Santana was only 26.
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