Richard Simmons, fitness guru, dies at age 76
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Richard Simmons, the fitness guru who devoted his life to making people sweat with his “Sweatin’ to the Oldies” workout videos, has died early Saturday morning, his representative confirmed to CBS News. He was 76.
Simmons died a day after his birthday. He had posted a message on his social media accounts on Friday writing “Thank you…I never got so many messages about my birthday in my life! I am sitting here writing emails.” On Saturday fans posted message after message saying they will miss him and thanking him for his positivity and encouragement.
At 9:57 a.m. Saturday, the Los Angeles Police Department responded to a radio call of a death investigation in the Hollywood Hills West neighborhood, the LAPD told CBS News. Authorities said the fire department joined police on the 1300 block of Belfast Drive, where Simmons’ house is located.
posted a message on Facebook: “I’m not ‘missing,’ just a little under the weather.”
For his followers, his message remained.
“I hope that one day we can all be a little bit more intelligent on how to take care of the only thing that God gave us – that’s our body,” Simmons said.
Richard Simmons helped start a movement, on moving.
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Source: cbsnews.com