Vale
Brian Michael Sherman AM 1943-2022

We say farewell to our beloved Brian with fragmented hearts and souls awash with grief.

To our two children Emile and Ondine he was the best of fathers, attentive, engaged and open to next generation ideas and aspirations. With immediate and deep loyalty he extended his care to Caroline and Dror - embracing them as his own loved ones.To his six grandchildren – and despite his encroaching illness which gradually and inevitably undermined his ability to actively engage in their lives – he managed to remain an interested and connected grandfather.

As a husband he was without peer. Constant in his support of my endeavours, fiercely protective, wise in his counsel, gracious, dignified and elegant even through the long decade when Parkinson’s Disease relentlessly tore through his body. 

His circle of love moved outwards to his brother, to his nieces and nephews, to the Jewish community and to fields broader and wider – wherever he felt his values were espoused and his aspirations might perhaps be mirrored.

Finally his unswerving devotion to the planet’s non-human species – not just the companion animals loved by so many of us – but a devotion from deep inside him to the billions of neglected and forgotten living creatures who, caged and cultivated for our gastronomic pleasure, remain hidden from sight.

Brian was a hero, a star and an inspiration. Tributes have poured in from around the world, from writers, artists, filmmakers, museum professionals, business and sporting colleagues, as well as  from our globally dispersed loving family.

May his soul rest in peace.

–Dr Gene Sherman AM, 11 September 2022