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A prominent journalist goes beyond the crime scene tape to explore a shocking crime involving the elite.Billionaires, philanthropists, socialites… victims. Barry and Honey Sherman appeared to lead perfect lives, yet the world was stunned in late 2017 when their bodies were discovered in an unusual arrangement at their opulent Toronto home. Initially deemed a murder-suicide—belts looped around their necks and found seated beside their basement pool—law enforcement later reclassified it as a staged, targeted double murder. Friends of the founder of one of the world’s largest generic pharmaceutical companies and his philanthropic wife were left in disbelief. Their combined fortune was estimated to surpass $4.7 billion.
However, the story had another dimension. Barry Sherman, a strategic visionary who founded the significant generic drug company Apotex Inc., was known as a self-declared workaholic, celebrated risk-taker, and disruptor throughout his fifty-year career. While many viewed him as a generous supporter, others regarded him with suspicion. He faced criticism for limiting academic freedom and manipulating the legal system to achieve his goals. Frustrated by construction issues at his mansion, he sued and recovered millions from contractors. At the time of his death, Sherman had recently emerged victorious in a lengthy legal dispute with four cousins claiming 20 percent of his wealth.
Toronto Star investigative journalist Kevin Donovan narrates this disturbing story from its beginning, interviewing family, friends, and colleagues to provide new perspectives on the Shermans and the chilling double murder. Thoroughly researched and authoritative, The Billionaire Murders offers a captivating account of a bizarre and perplexing crime.
