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On May 21, 2000, Herbalife’s charismatic founder and CEO Mark Hughes was found dead in his mansion in California. He was at the age of 44.

The reason behind his death was announced as mixing of overdose of alcohol and an antidepressant he had been using. According to coroner’s report, Mark Hughes had died after a four-day drinking binge.

With this, Herbalife was losing its visionary leader who ran the company for 20 years. Yet this event also meant significant negative publicity around the company as it had been championing health and wellness.