HERMAN MERINOFF DIES AT 77

A great legend in the industry, Herman I. Merinoff died yesterday of pancreas cancer in Melville, N.Y at the age of 77. As longtime co-chairman of Charmer-Sunbelt Group, Mr. Merinoff is credited with helping to transform his family’s liquor distribution business into one of the top U.S. wine and spirits wholesalers.Mr. Merinoff was born on Oct. 28, 1928, in Manhattan, and graduated from the Fieldston School, Syracuse University and Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the law