taylorss
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Murder-suicide suspected in deaths of Toronto billionaire and wife
http://torontosun.com/news/local-news/much-loved-billionaire-couple-found-dead-in-north-york-mansion
They were found hanging side by side near their indoor pool.
It sounds consistent with his personality. He was described as a "ruthless" man, as are many extremely wealthy business executives. It comes with the territory. Perhaps he discovered he had a health problem or something and decided his wife shouldn't live after he died, spending all his money. JMO.
What a horrible person to abandon his young cousins after his uncle died, the one person who helped him become wealthy. Even worse that he fought his cousins in court to prevent them from getting a share of the business that their father helped found. Such unpleasant people are often unhappy when they retire, having devoted their entire life to work and obsession with building wealth. Once they stop working, they realize they have no life, few friends, little happiness.
BBM - where did you get that from??
He was still a student at the time, hardly in a position to adopt 4 boys under age 7! Plus he wasnt wealthy then or even in the same business as the deceased uncle. It was only later that he got involved with his uncles former company and turned it into a source of great wealth. Plus the aunts will said that she didnt want the 4 boys adopted by family.
Moreover he did everything he could for the 4 boys, buying them houses, supporting their families etc, until the troubled young men turned to drugs and turned on him, accusing him among other things of trying to control them by taking care of them financially. This is all from articles linked here about the deceaseds life.
As to the rest of your points, I agree that wealthy workaholics are often unpersonable, and the deceaseds writings seem to indicate a surprisingly grim outlook to accompany a life of such generosity and charity. But those speculative points are hardly victim friendly so probably best not dwelt on.