Richard Simmons, standard Nineteen Seventies and 80s fitness guru, has died, regulation enforcement sources confirmed to NBC News. He was 76.
Simmons was discovered unresponsive in his dwelling within the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles the morning of July 13, in accordance with two regulation enforcement sources.
L.A. Fire and Los Angeles (*76*) Department officers responded to a name at 1 p.m. ET, in accordance with officers. Simmons was pronounced lifeless at the scene.
An precise reason for loss of life continues to be pending.
Simmons’ 76th birthday was only a day earlier on July 12, when he thanked followers and family members on Facebook for the celebratory needs.
“Thank you…I never got so many messages about my birthday in my life! I am sitting here writing emails. Have a most beautiful rest of your Friday,” he wrote in a publish, earlier than signing off, “Love, Richard.”
Reminiscing on his birthday, Simmons instructed People in a current interview this 12 months that he’s “grateful that I’m here, that I am alive for another day.”
Simmons’ brother, Lenny Simmons, shared an announcement to TODAY.com on the passing of his brother, saying that he and the household have been “in shock” following Richard’s loss of life, however needed individuals “not be sad” about his passing.
“I want them to remember him for the genuine joy and love he brought to people’s lives,” he stated. “He truly cared about people. He called, wrote, and emailed thousands of people throughout his career to offer help.”
“So don’t be sad. Celebrate his life,” Lenny Simmons added earlier than noting that he was “very excited about all of his upcoming ventures” Richard was engaged on.
In March, Simmons shared to Facebook that he had been diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma, the commonest type of pores and skin most cancers.
“There was this strange looking bump under my right eye. I had a tube of neosporin which I (sic) would put on I the morning and the evening….it was still there. It was time to call my dermatologist,” he stated of his pores and skin most cancers discovery within the publish.
Simmons continued, “I sat in his chair and he looked at it through a magnifying mirror. He told me he would have to scrape it and put it under the microscope. Now I am getting a little bit nervous. He comes back about 20 minutes later and says the C word. You have cancer.”
In the Facebook publish, Simmons defined that medical doctors tried to burn the pores and skin twice to take away the most cancers, however some cancerous cells remained. But, he stated in one other Facebook publish, when the medical doctors carried out the process for a 3rd time, they have been capable of efficiently take away all of the most cancers cells.
“The third time was a charm,” he had stated.
A day earlier than revealing his pores and skin most cancers analysis, Simmons raised considerations about his well being when he made a Facebook publish through which he wrote he was “dying.”
“I have some news to tell you. Please don’t be sad. I am ….dying,” he started the publish.
“Oh I can see your faces now. The truth is we all are dying,” he continued. “Every day we live we are getting closer to our death. Why am I telling you this? Because I want you to enjoy your life to the fullest every single day. Get up in the morning and look at the sky… count your blessings and enjoy.”
In his publish, Simmons reminded followers of the significance of getting a nutritious diet and exercising, in addition to sustaining wholesome relationships with family members.
“There is something else very important that you must do. Tell the ones that you love that you love them. Hug those people and children who you really care for. A big hug really goes a long way,” he wrote. “If you have time I want you to listen to a terrific song. It is by Tim McGraw it is called Live Like You Were Dying. Live today and don’t forget to pray. Love, Richard.”
Simmons rose to fame by opening gyms nationwide and thru his energetic fitness movies launched through the 70s and 80s, together with “Sweatin’ to the Oldies” and “Party off the Pounds.”
