Former WTAE anchor Sam Merrill dies

February 25, 2016 Off By Eric O'Brien
Merrill; Photo Courtesy of "WTAE Super Fan"

Merrill; Photo Courtesy of “WTAE Super Fan”

WNEM-TV (Bay City, Michigan) reports that anchor and reporter Sam Merrill passed away after collapsing at his home today. Merrill was a native of Pittsburgh and worked at WTAE-TV in the late 1990s and early 2000s in between stints in Michigan.