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Name
  
Gerry Merito


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Died
  
January 26, 2009, Waihou, Hawaii, United States

Gerry merito with the howard morrison quartet battle of waikato live 1992


Gerald Kereti Merito (b Whakatane, August 16, 1938, married twice, d Waihoa, January 26, 2009), was a New Zealand singer and guitarist, and one of the original members of the Howard Morrison Quartet.

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Merito was a farm boy from Whakatane and a Tuhoe tribe member.

In 1999 Merito received the Benny Award from the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand Inc, the highest honour available to a New Zealand variety entertainer.

He died aged 70, after playing at the Waihau Hotel. Merito has two sons, Daniel and Ben and his wife Dorothy Ohlson.

Tom sharplin and gerry merito sing a maori song


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Gerry Merito Wikipedia