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富豪雪曼葬礼:七千人出席 三级政府首脑全到

本周四(12月21日),离奇死亡的多伦多亿万富豪、大慈善家、Apotex药厂的大老板雪曼夫妇(Barry and Honey Sherman)的葬礼在多伦多国际中心(The International Centre)举行,大约7000人参加。雪曼夫妇的子女、三级政府政要等人代表相继致辞,盛赞其慷慨、充满热情的品质。

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据本地英文媒体CBC报道,尽管葬礼定于11点30分开始,但是早在几个小时之前,就有人在会堂外排队等候进场。主办方在会堂安置了7500张椅子,几乎都被坐满。参加者除了雪曼夫妇的四个子女、亲友之外,还有三级政府首脑和要员、医药界人士,以及Apotex药厂的员工。

雪曼夫妇的儿子约拿丹(Jonathon Sherman,下图),在其他三位姐妹的陪同下流泪致辞。他表示,父母的去世令家人陷入无比的悲痛之中,但是好在有亲朋好友的慰问,支持着他们度过这个艰难的时刻。

他提到,父母死后亲友的慰问“如潮水般涌来”,一同涌来的,还有贝果面包(bagels)。

台下爆出一阵笑声。(编者注:贝果面包最初是犹太人的传统食物,而犹太社区亦有以贝果为礼品的习俗。)

Jonathon Sherman cries as he speaks during a memorial service for his parents Barry and Honey Sherman, as his sisters look on, in Mississauga, Ont., on Thursday, December 21, 2017.

约拿丹又回忆父母“充满热情”且合二为一的一生。他说,父母两人好像一把锁和一把钥匙,如果单独存在毫无用处,但是合在一起就能为自己、为许许多多其他的人打开世界之门。

在致辞的最后,约拿丹宣布将以雪曼夫妇的名字成立一个慈善基金会(The Honey and Barry Foundation of Giving),并委托他们的姑姑监管。

联邦总理小杜鲁多、安省省长韦恩、安省卫生厅长贺施金(Eric Hoskins)以及多伦多市长庄德利也出席了葬礼。

韦恩盛赞雪曼夫妇的热情、充满希望,以及慷慨的品质,并呼吁人们都向他学习。

庄德利则表示,雪曼夫妇的死令他感到“非常伤心”。他还说在自己没有涉足政坛以前,曾多次请他们对一些慈善项目施以援手,而他们几乎都能提供“一些支持”。

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另一方面,多伦多警方凶案组还在调查雪曼夫妇的死因(上图)。

最新消息指,雪曼夫妇被吊死的地点是地下室的水池旁边。警方还没有宣布找到任何有价值的线索。无论房屋的内、外都没有设置检控摄像头,这无疑大大增加了调查难度。

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  • @ 2017-12-22 12:13
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    本帖最后由 星洲炒米 于 2017-12-22 14:58 编辑

    他的舅父叫 Louis Lloyd Winter:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Lloyd_Winter

    "At age 41, Louis Winter died on November 5, 1965, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Toronto, just 17 days prior to his wife Beverley's death. Beverly had previously been hospitalized at the same facility having been diagnosed with terminal leukemia. The couple left four children under the age of seven: Paul born on December 16, 1958; Jeffrey born on May 23, 1960; Kerry born June 3, 1961; and Dana born on June 21, 1962.

    Sale of Empire Laboratories

    Bernard (Barry) Sherman, who had lost his father on November 17, 1952, at age nine, had worked for his Uncle Lou at Empire Laboratories during his final high-school years and throughout his first three years of college while attending the University of Toronto. Upon the completion of his PhD in astrophysics at M.I.T. in 1967, Barry Sherman with his high-school friend, Joel Ulster, purchased the Empire Group of Companies on August 23, 1967, less than 2 years after his uncle died. The Executor, Royal Trust, now a division of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), processed this transaction on behalf of the infant beneficiaries of Beverley and Louis Winter. Barry Sherman would eventually launch Apotex Inc. in 1974.

    To facilitate the corporate acquisition, Barry and Joel Ulster (Sherman and Ulster Limited) offered five-percent equity options to each of the four children and a fifteen-year royalty on four of its patented products (Globe and Mail, November 24, 2007). Litigation is currently before the courts concerning the purchase of the corporate assets and brands from the Winter children's estate, as Sherman and his partner never paid the royalties nor provided the promised equity in the businesses."
  • @ 2017-12-22 10:08
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    自由党土豆总理很伤心,失去一位大金主
  • @ 2017-12-22 08:28
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    本帖最后由 无忧闲人 于 2017-12-22 08:46 编辑
    庄德利则表示,雪曼夫妇的死令他感到“非常伤心”。他还说在自己没有涉足政坛以前,曾多次请他们对一些慈善项目施以援手,而他们几乎都能提供“一些支持”。

    竟然没有人列举一、二“大的善行”来对“大慈善家”称号做个盖棺定论,令人费解。。。 装得利的赞美之词给出的信息是:捐赠应该基本给了上门拉赞助的, 打发一些没权势的(比如给从政前的小庄“一些支持”);讨好一些有权势的。。。
  • @ 2017-12-22 12:03
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    没有那个第一桶金,能有他的今天的成功?一拖十年的官司,不就是几个几百万,至今还没兑现他的许偌。还好意思被称作慈善家?
  • @ 2017-12-22 10:27
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    我觉得为这个富豪搞这么大场面的葬礼, 很不合理。
    毕竟, 有富豪先杀妻子后自杀的可能性, 而且不小。 虽然我个人对此高度怀疑, 但既然官方承认有这个可能性, 而且正在调查, 此时此刻, 搞这么高调高规格的葬礼,假如将来坐实了, 富豪就是杀人犯, 参加葬礼的官员,政治操守就有问题了。
  • @ 2017-12-22 11:19
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    人们往往不信因果和来生,所以就用此短促的一生玩命赚啊赚,赚的钱够自己活一万年用的。到头来才知其实死亡对每个人其实不远的,其实我们一无所有, 人生毕竟一场空。我们到这个叫“地球”的地方其实也就是临时待一待, 何必这么贪呢?其实要知道我们最后真正的家并不是这个叫地球的地方。
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