Beloved fitness personality Richard Simmons passed away on July 13, 2024, at the age of 76.
Born in New Orleans and raised in Louisiana, Simmons gained national recognition for opening one of the first aerobic studios in Beverly Hills named Slimmons in 1973.
Simmons taught classes at Slimmons until 2013.
Richard Simmons, a beloved fitness personality and television host, passed away on July 13, 2024, at the age of 76. The news was confirmed by his longtime publicist Tom Estey and his brother Lenny Simmons.
Born in New Orleans and raised in Louisiana, Simmons gained national recognition for opening one of the first aerobic studios in Beverly Hills named Slimmons in 1973. He continued teaching classes there until 2013.
Simmons' nationally syndicated series,
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He opened one of the first aerobic studios in Beverly Hills named Slimmons in 1974. He prided himself on connecting with other overweight people to inspire them to improve their health and helped many through phone calls and emails.
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He died at his home in Hollywood on Saturday morning. Simmons weighed nearly 270 pounds when he graduated from high school in the 1960s. He opened an exercise studio called Slimmons in Beverly Hills in 1973 and continued teaching classes there until 2013. His nationally syndicated series, ‘The Richard Simmons Show’, ran from 1984 to 1989 and won Daytime Emmys for best direction and best talk show. Simmons sold more than 20 million copies of his exercise videos with names such as ‘Party Off the Pounds’ and ‘Disco Sweat’. He preached exercise, diet, and kindness in his videos.
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He gained back 65 pounds after a crash diet, but was able to devise a sensible plan to take off the pounds and keep them off. Simmons went to Italy as a foreign exchange student and ended up doing peanut butter commercials for Federico Fellini’s film ‘Fellini Satyricon.’
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Richard Simmons is celebrating his 76th birthday on July 12, 2024 He will blow out a candle on a zucchini for his birthday as he is a vegetarian Simmons feels good and grateful to be alive for another day
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