The No Good, Terribly Kind, Wonderful Lives and Tragic Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman

What does a Philadelphia artist have to do with the deaths of a Canadian pharma giant and his wife? Maybe nothing, but it’s odd their bodies were reportedly posed like a sculpture they displayed.

The Shermans’ funeral is weird, the list of eulogists long, and it’s attended by big Canadian names. But ask anyone who knew Barry, they say the same thing: he was the smartest person they'd ever met.

To get ahead in the generic drug industry you need to be focused and fearless. Especially because half the battle is taking on one of the richest, most powerful industries in the world — Big Pharma.

Barry Sherman's death stirred suspicions from family, notably cousins Kerry Winter and brothers, due to a bitter decade-long feud over a billion-dollar inheritance.

Honey Sherman wasn't the one who made the billions, but she certainly spent them. So much is known about her husband, but very little about Honey. And her friends aren't talking.

The lack of justice, or any resolution, has left a void in this story that has been filled by online sleuths, investigative reporters, nosey neighbours, and conspiracy theorists.

After a notorious 2018 interview with CBC, Kerry Winter became a familiar figure in the tale of the Shermans’ deaths. “The Cousin Did It” became a favourite theory. Yet Kerry is not a suspect.

Revisiting the murder/suicide theory. That misstep set the whole investigation off on the wrong foot, and might have derailed any chance of finding out who killed the Shermans.