Michael Hynson, co-star of the definitive surf ... He knew how good and how great he was.” Melinda Merryweather met Hynson as a teenager and the two became fast friends. She said they used ...

He credited his ex-wife, Melinda Merryweather, a former model for the Ford Agency, and his longtime partner, Carol Hannigan, as his "angels." Hannigan survives him, as does Michael Hynson Jr., his ...