Toronto Buzzes With Talk of Billionaire Couple’s Suspicious Death

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Toronto Buzzes With Talk of Billionaire Couple’s Suspicious Death
When you are dealing with the size of that industry and the amounts we are talking about, you make enemies." He added, "And you make enemies on a global basis." Last month, Canadian Business Magazine listed Mr. Sherman, whose name was Bernard
but who was known as Barry, as the country’s 15th-richest person, with a personal net worth of 4.77 billion Canadian dollars.
On Sunday night, Toronto police announced that its homicide team was leading the investigation, and
that "the cause of death for both deceased was ligature neck compression." The couple’s real estate agent found their bodies hanging by their indoor pool, according to a person close to the family and local news reports.
theory and urging them to "conduct a thorough, intensive criminal investigation." Fred Waks, a real estate developer and close friend of the Shermans, said: "Barry was involved in big pharmacy on a worldwide basis.
that The couple’s four children issued a statement slamming the police for leaking the murder-suicide
Mr. Sherman was often in the news for his company’s voluminous lawsuits, aimed at opening the market to his generic versions of drugs,
and its "at-risk launches" of generic drugs, flooding the market before litigation concluded.
Linda Frum said that There is absolutely zero debate in my mind, this was a double homicide,
Although the Toronto area is home to 6.2 million people, it can often feel like a small
town where everyone knows one another — particularly among the small moneyed elite.
Early local news reports said the police were considering the deaths a murder-suicide, which friends said amounted to character assassination.
Just two months ago, Mayor John Tory of Toronto saw the couple at a ground breaking
for a new Jewish community center the Shermans were instrumental in funding.

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