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Photo from 50 Megs. Click HERE . ¡Feliz cumpleaños a ... Merlin Santana! (1976-2002) Santana was an Afro-Latino actor best known for his roles as Stanley (Rudy Huxtable's boyfriend) on The Cosby Show , Marcus Dixon on Getting By, Marcus Henry on Under One Roof , and Romeo Santana on The Steve Harvey Show. Santana was born to Dominican parents in New York City. After he survived being born prematurely his mother decided he needed a special name and thus named him Merlin, after Merlin the Magician. She got him into acting at age 3, and his first job was as an advertising model for a fast food chain. He then appeared on screen for the first time in Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo . He attended Ascension Catholic School in the city before eventually making his way west, to Los Angeles, for his career. He kept his last name, Santana, to honor his Latino heritage, and he sometimes spoke Spanish as Romeo in The Steve Harvey Show . Tragically, Santana was fatally shot...