From the June 2026 issue of Toronto Life
Dead Reckoning
When Sami and June Suomalainen died, the executor of their wills was supposed to sell their million-dollar midtown home and split the proceeds among their inheritors. Seven years and six lawsuits later, the estate is bankrupt and the beneficiaries haven’t seen a cent
As a boy, Sami Suomalainen often walked to the beaches of Helsinki and dipped his hand in the Baltic. He imagined the water stretching to the shores of Africa, Asia and the Americas, where he pictured other kids with their hands in the sea. He dreamed of crossing oceans to meet them, but he was stuck in post-war Finland, one of three boys born to a nurse and a copywriter. Instead, he painted the fantastical worlds he hoped to one day see in person.
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