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Barry and Honey Sherman seemed to lead a charmed life, but the world was shocked in late 2017 when their bodies were found together in their elegant Toronto home. First described as murder-suicide, it was a grisly scene: the two were positioned side-by-side on the deck of their basement swimming pool, suspended from belts tied to a railing. The violent deaths of the founder of one of the worlds largest pharmeceutical companies and his wife--their net worth has been estimated at $4.6 billion--rocked the intersecting worlds of business, politics, and philanthropy. The Shermans were charity royalty, donating millions to hospitals and universities, and fixtures on the gala circuit where Honey, in particular, was beloved. But there was another side to the story. A strategic genius who built a large generic drug company -- Apotex Inc. -- Barry Sherman was a self-described workaholic, renowned risk-taker, and disruptor during his fifty-year career. Regarded as a generous friend by many, Sherman was also feared by others. He was criticized for stifling academic freedom and using the courts to win at all costs. Upset with building issues at his mansion, he sued and recouped millions from tradespeople. At the time of his death, Sherman had just won a decades-old legal case involving four cousins who wanted 20 percent of his fortune. Toronto Star investigative journalist Kevin Donovan chronicles the unsettling story from the beginning, interviewing family members, friends, and colleagues, and sheds new light on the Shermans lives and the disturbing double murder. 2019.

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ALSO BY KEVIN DONOVAN Secret Life The Jian Ghomeshi Investigation The Dead - photo 1

ALSO BY KEVIN DONOVAN

Secret Life: The Jian Ghomeshi Investigation

The Dead Times

Crime Story, The Hunt for the Body Parts Killer

(co-author Nicholas Pron)

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an imprint of Penguin Canada, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited

Canada USA UK Ireland Australia New Zealand India South Africa China

First published 2019

Copyright 2019 by Kevin Donovan

All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.

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LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA CATALOGUING IN PUBLICATION

Title: The billionaire murders / Kevin Donovan.

Names: Donovan, Kevin, 1962- author.

Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20189054212 | Canadiana (ebook) 20189054220 | ISBN 9780735237032 (softcover) | ISBN 9780735237049 (HTML)

Subjects: LCSH: Sherman, Barry, 1942-2017. | LCSH: Sherman, Barry, 1942-2017Death and burial. | LCSH: Sherman, Honey, 1948-2017. | LCSH: Sherman, Honey, 1948-2017Death and burial. | LCSH: MurderInvestigationOntarioToronto. | LCSH: PhilanthropistsOntarioTorontoBiography. | LCSH: BusinesspeopleOntarioTorontoBiography. | LCSH: Pharmaceutical industryOntarioToronto. | LCSH: Murder victimsOntarioTorontoBiography.

Classification: LCC HV6535.C33 T67 2019 | DDC 364.152/309713541dc23

Cover and book design by Leah Springate

Cover images: (houses) Rick Madonik/Contributor/Getty Images; (sky) Markus

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v532 a To Michael Cooke and John Honderich for giving me the assignment and - photo 3

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To Michael Cooke and John Honderich for giving me the assignment, and to Bert Bruser for making sure it was done right.

And to my wife, Kelly Smith, for laser focus and tough questions every step of the way.

CONTENTS
PROLOGUE

IN THE YEAR LEADING UP TO HIS DEATH , Barry Sherman was consumed by one thought. What if he did not have enough time? Enough time to do everything he wanted to do in life. At seventy-five, he had already accomplished a great deal. He had built a generic drug empire, faced countless critics, and won more battles than hed lost. Hed amassed a personal fortune approaching $5 billion. Still, he drove an older car, spent more hours at work than he needed to, and was perpetually unsettled. There was no God, of that he was certain, no afterlife. Consciousness ended with the grave. And so, every day, he did the one thing that was sure to make him happy. He worked.

It had always been that way. Outsiders, even friends who knew him well, were perplexed by Barry Sherman. For most people, if you earned that kind of money, you were entitled to spend it on items that made life more fun. But that was not something Barry Sherman did well. His contemporaries in the pharmaceutical world made their millions and accumulateddeservedly, most would saythe trappings of wealth: fine cars, first-class travel, a mansion in the city, and a cottage on a lake. Jack Kay, Shermans longtime second-in-command, drove an X-class Mercedes-Benz. At their offices at the Toronto headquarters of Apotex, immediately to the right of the front door, were two named parking spots, Barry Shermans and Jack Kays. Barrys rusting convertible was a stark contrast to Kays gleaming Benz.

Jack, dont you worry about what our employees will think? Sherman asked his friend on many occasions. They work so hard, and while theyre well paid, they dont make what it would take to afford that kind of car. I worry about what they would think.

Kay would just shake his head.

What Sherman did do with many of his millions was give it away to causes he or his wife, Honey, deemed worthy. He made the money; Honey ensured it went to the right places, where the impact would be the greatest. Both were tireless fundraisers. Their four children, cousins, extended family, and close friends were also the beneficiaries of the Sherman family wealth, though it became a sore point at times when the children and other family members asked for too much. And their house was not a happy homeone parent harsh and critical, the other soft and patient.

This is a book about the murders of Honey and Barry Sherman and the twists and turns of the police and private investigations. But it is also a book about their lives, stretching back to grade school and through the successes and failures of growing an empire and raising a family. Creating a full portrait has been hampered by the secrecy surrounding the investigations into their deaths, and even more so by the belief of their family and some friends that the Sherman laundry, dirty or clean, should remain unaired. Another factor that played in the minds of many was their personal safety. With the killer or killers at large, there was real fear among family, friends, and business associates that they would strike again. Being linked to the Shermans when they were alive was something to which many aspired. In death, there was a risk.

The bizarre circumstances of their deaths would make headlines around the world. Plausible theories and wild speculations circulated in print and online, as police, private detectives, and forensic experts conducted their investigations. Was it a business deal gone wrong? International assassins, who flew in and out of Toronto after staging a macabre scene to buy time? Or was it a simpler, more commonplace killing, involving someone they knew?

ONE
WRONG TURN

ON THE MORNING OF FRIDAY , December 15, 2017, family, friends, and colleagues of Barry and Honey Sherman woke, shook off sleep, and set about their normal routines. But for some, a nagging thought persisted. Something was amiss. An email not returned, an empty desk in the executive office, a vacant seat at a charity boardroom table. At 50 Old Colony Road, in Torontos suburban North York, snow was softly dusting the ground, melting quickly on the heated driveway and obscuring any footprints that may have been made on the front lawn or unheated steps over the previous two days. It had been cold, ten degrees below freezing, and as the sun rose behind clouds, it promised to be another grey, wintry day in Canadas biggest city. Many of the people who owned homes on the street had already flown south to escape the cold weather, so it was not unusual at this time of year for a house in the neighbourhood to be quiet. At the rear of the house was an outdoor pool, long closed for the season, a tennis court surrounded by a fence, and two patios. In a basement underneath the tennis court, stretching north on the property, was a lap pool rarely used by the homeowners. In front of the house, one vehicle was parked on the circular driveway, a light gold Lexus SUV that was ten years old. Judging by the snow lining its fenders and windows, it had been there at least overnight. Beside it, on the left, was a long bed of snowball hydrangeas, their withered brown flower heads perked up by little hats of fresh snow. A ramp to the right of the Lexus led down to a closed garage door that opened into a six-car underground garage nestled in the basement of the house with utility and recreation rooms on the ends closest to the road, and the lap pool at the far north end.

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