what happened to merle dixon

Merle Dixon is a fictional character from the horror drama television series The Walking Dead. He is the older brother of Daryl Dixon and was a drug dealer before the outbreak. In season one, Merle was left on a roof in Atlanta handcuffed to a pipe and was not seen again until he joined the community of Woodbury, Georgia, where he became the right-hand man of the Governor. In season three, Merle was killed when he tried to redeem himself by attempting to kill the Governor to protect his brother Daryl. He was shot in the chest by the Governor and was later stabbed in the head multiple times by Daryl after reanimating as a zombie.