Richard Simmons — the legendary health guru — has died at 76 … TMZ has discovered.
Regulation enforcement sources inform TMZ … police and hearth responded to a name from his housekeeper simply earlier than 10 AM Saturday and pronounced him useless on the scene. We’re informed no foul play is suspected right now, and cops are trying into it as a pure demise.
Shockingly, RS posted a number of instances on Fb just lately … together with thanking followers for all of the birthday needs he obtained.
Simmons rose to fame within the Nineteen Seventies and ’80s by opening a sequence of gyms together with The Anatomy Asylum in Los Angeles. He launched dozens of health tapes and DVDs together with favorites like “Sweatin’ to the Oldies,” “Party off the Pounds,” “Blast Off” and plenty of extra.
Followers gravitated towards Richard for his optimistic, flamboyant vitality … although in his later life he stepped away due to the calls for of maintaining his persona within the highlight — a subject we dove into in our documentary “TMZ Investigates: What Happened to Richard Simmons.”
We final caught up with Richard again in 2014 … and, he had a complete host of useful hints for our viewers on learn how to get match.
Richard was 76.
RIP
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