Merlin lives outside of time, so death has no meaning to him. so your question has no answer because he hasn't died.
Merlin Hull died in 1953.
Merlin Guilfoyle died in 1981.
Merlin Stone died in 2011.
Sidney Merlin died in 1952.
Antoine Christophe Merlin died in 1833.
Merlin Kopp died on 1960-05-06.
Merlin O'Neill died on 1981-03-01.
Shmuel Merlin died on 1994-10-04.
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John Merlin Powis Smith died in 1932.
Merlin R. Lybbert died on 2001-07-06.
Never, the weather is fine there.