fwiw..
Dec 20, 2019
WARMINGTON: Did billionaire Shermans want to leave wealth to Bill Gates' charity? | Toronto Sun
''Honey and Barry Sherman were known for giving millions to local charities.
But were they considering leaving their billions, after death, to Bill Gates’ The Giving Pledge?''
''The initiative is designed to allow billionaires have their vast estates used to support projects they care about after their deaths.
In the Sherman’s case, it would mean that the bulk of their estimated $5-billion estate would go The Giving Pledge and not to family members or designated beneficiaries as laid out in a last will and testament.''
Another person close to the family says the notion the philanthropic couple was going to make such a covenant could offer police a potential motive to pursue.''
“It’s more gossip that newspapers are doing with this case to sell copies,” said a person close to the four Sherman children. “That they were generous is not new and that they would set up some legacy project to make sure their money was utilized to help people is hardly a stretch for them.”
The family confidant said “this is a great headline but as usual, it’s not backed up with any formal paperwork.”