According to multiple sources, including USA Today, Dr. Sebi, whose real name was Alfredo Bowman, died in 2016 while in custody in Honduras from pneumonia. There are conspiracy theories that suggest he was killed for his controversial health advice and herbal remedies, but these claims have been debunked. Dr. Sebi was a self-proclaimed herbalist and healer who falsely claimed to cure all diseases with herbs and a plant-based alkaline diet based on various pseudoscientific claims. He denied that HIV caused AIDS and set up a treatment center in Honduras, then moved his practice to New York City and Los Angeles. He was arrested in 1987 and charged with practicing medicine without a license in New York and advertising that his treatments could cure AIDS and leukemia. Celebrities including rapper Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, John Travolta, and Michael Jackson sought his health advice and treatment.