Barry Sherman: Family disputes reports on mystery double death in Canada

The family of a Canadian billionaire and his wife have hit back at reports surrounding their recent deaths.

Police are treating the passings of Barry Sherman, 75, and his better half Honey, whose bodies were found in their Toronto home on Friday, as "suspicious" yet say no suspects are being looked for.

Canadian media, refering to police sources, say the case is being explored as a conceivable murder-suicide.

In any case, a family explanation said nobody near the couple trusted this.

"Our folks shared an excitement forever and sense of duty regarding their family and group absolutely conflicting with the gossipy tidbits deplorably flowed in the media with regards to the conditions encompassing their passings," it read.

The announcement went ahead to require a "careful, escalated and target criminal examination" and for the media to quit providing details regarding the reason for the passings until the point when the examination was done.The couple's bodies were found by their home operator, who had been endeavoring to help offer the property. There was no indication of constrained passage.

Police say they are anticipating the aftereffects of posthumous exams previously choosing their following stages.

A few Canadian daily papers say they were told specialists were chipping away at the supposition Mr Sherman had murdered his better half before executing himself.

Tributes have in the mean time been pouring in for the combine, with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeting "sympathies to their family and companions, and to everybody touched by their vision and soul".

Who were Barry and Honey Sherman?

One of Canada's wealthiest men, Mr Sherman was the author and director of pharmaceutical mammoth Apotex, which offers bland prescriptions around the globe.

A skilled understudy, Mr Sherman entered the exchange through his uncle's Empire Laboratories, working for him while still at college before purchasing the organization when his uncle passed on.

He went ahead to offer Empire, making Apotex, the organization that made him a tycoon and which now utilizes more than 10,000 individuals.

Be that as it may, he wound up noticeably entangled in a family question, with his uncle's kids looking for a stake in Apotex, contending they had been deceived. A judge tossed out their case not long ago.

He additionally confronted an examination in the matter of whether he had shamefully held a pledge drive for Justin Trudeau before he wound up plainly executive.

Mrs Sherman was a board part for a few clinics, philanthropies and Jewish associations. The couple had four youngsters and have offered millions to philanthropy.