Everyone remembers Mr. Merrill as an intelligent, educated and strong-willed man who was a delightful conversationalist, as well as a great force in journalism, politics and environmentalism.
Former secretary of state Madeleine Albright said she and Mr. Merrill "often disagreed about politics, but never about deeper issues of right and wrong."
"I have known Philip Merrill for 30 years as a good-humored, high-spirited, often...
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