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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?

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Several friends close to them say yes. Others say nothing of the sort had been decided.

The issue came up after the British newspaper, The Daily Mail, reported Thursday that shortly before their brutal Dec. 13, 2017 murders in the couple’s Old Colony Rd. mansion, they talked about signing up with The Giving Pledge initiative started by Bill and Melinda Gates of Microsoft fame.

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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.

“My understanding is they spoke about it,” said a person close to them of the idea.