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Richard Simmons, who for years was the face of home fitness through his wildly popular videos and energetic personality, died on Saturday morning in Los Angeles. A representative for Mr. Simmons, Tom Estey, confirmed Mr. Simmons’s death. The Los Angeles Fire Department and the Los Angeles Police Department responded to an address linked to Mr. Simmons at 10 a.m. on Saturday. At his Beverly Hills exercise studio, Slimmons, and in his videos and DVDs, Mr. Simmons exuded an enthusiastic can-do spirit to inspire people of all ages and fitness levels to get moving. Mr. Simmons stretched and jumped in contrast to other fitness gurus of the 1980s, such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, who exuded movie-star looks and charm.

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☆ Richard Simmons, fitness personality and TV host, dead at 76
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Dan Heching | Zoe Sottile | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Richard Simmons, the perennial 1980s workout personality who was defined by his uplifting spirit, has died, according to his longtime publicist Tom Estey. From 1980 to 1984, Simmons hosted the “Richard Simmons Show,” which had a focus on personal health and fitness. In 2003, Simmons told CNN that his experience as an overweight child eventually put him on a path toward fitness. Recent celebrationFor his birthday, Simmons wrote on X on Friday, “Thank you…I never got so many messages about my birthday in my life! I am grateful that I’m here, that I am alive for another day,” Simmons said at the time.

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☆ Richard Simmons, Internet Star?
▼ + stars: | 2013-08-25 | by ( Brooks Barnes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — “Richard, honey, you’ve got lipstick on your teeth.”Too forward of me? I had only met Richard Simmons once before. This time, the 65-year-old star of “Sweatin’ to the Oldies” was dressed as Medusa, replete with shimmering green gown and rubber snake headpiece. But if his new William Morris Endeavor agent and his new social media managers have their way, he will soon add another line to his voluminous résumé: Internet star. Like a lot of older people in show business, Mr. Simmons has been slow to fully grasp social media.

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☆ A Celebrity Sweats: It’s Richard Simmons
▼ + stars: | 2009-12-24 | by ( Tricia Romano | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

At 61, Mr. Simmons is as American as apple pie and the Big Mac — two things he would no doubt warn you away from eating. But Mr. Simmons is the only one regularly offering classes to the public in his own studio. But Mr. Simmons, who says he is deeply religious, has an almost spiritual connection with his followers. “I don’t have to teach anymore, I don’t have to work anymore, God has been really good to me,” Mr. Simmons said. “It’s a very unusual place — it has a spirit all its own,” Mr. Simmons said of the studio.

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