Religion
Merkin was a devoutly Orthodox Jew, and regularly attended a shiur (Torah lecture). He was highly active in his synagogue.
Merkin died at age 91, New York City of congestive heart failure. He is the father of noted businessman and philanthropist J. Ezra Merkin and of writer and critic Daphne Merkin.
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