MERRITT BUTRICK

'Merritt R. Butrick' (September 3, 1959 – March 17, 1989) was an American actor who was known for his role as Captain James T. Kirk's son David Marcus in the movies '' and ''. He also appeared in the '' episode "Symbiosis". Earlier in his career he starred as "Johnny Slash" Ulasewicz in the sitcom ''Square Pegs''. Another notable role was Barbara Hershey's hillbilly son in Shy People.
Butrick was born in Gainesville, Florida. He graduated from Tamalpais High School, in Mill Valley, California, in 1977.^[1] He was diagnosed with brain cancer and AIDS and succumbed to the disease on March 17, 1989.^[2][3] He did not discuss his private life in public, and how he may have contracted HIV remains unknown.

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1. ''Tamalpais High School Alumni Directory 2002,'' Bernard C. Harris Publishing Company, Purchase, New York, 2002.
2. Different sources give Butrick's place of death as New York City (Paul Donnelley, ''Fade to Black: A Book of Movie Obituaries,'' 2005, page 225 (read obituary at Amazon) and Los Angeles (read biography at IMDB); Find-a-Grave.com mentions both locations, but states that he is "listed as dying in Los Angeles, by the California Department of Vital Statistics for Los Angeles County;" accessed June 11, 2007
3. California Department of Health Services Office of Health Information and Research vital Statistics Section, accessed from Rootsweb.com June 11, 2007

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