Robert Merrill, star of opera and Yankee Stadium

AP Worldstream | October 26, 2004| | Copyright

ELIZABETH LeSURE, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
10-26-2004
Dateline: NEW YORK
Acclaimed singer Robert Merrill, the opera baritone who felt equally comfortable on opening night at the Metropolitan Opera House or opening day at Yankee Stadium, has died.

Merrill died Saturday at his home in suburban New York City, family friend Barry Tucker said Monday. Reference books gave conflicting ages for Merrill, 87 or 85.

Merrill performed around the country with Tucker's father, tenor Richard Tucker, the younger man said. "My father felt that he had the greatest natural voice that America ...

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