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Looking Back at Fitness Icon Richard Simmons' Life in Photos
Richard Simmons rose to fame in the 1980s for his workout tapes and quirky training ensembles
After Slimmons closed up shop for good, the weight loss guru resigned from the limelight, prompting rampant conspiracy theories about his whereabouts. After Slimmons closed up shop for good, the weight loss guru resigned from the limelight, prompting rampant conspiracy theories about his whereabouts. In 2008, Simmons (pictured here outside the Late Show With David Letterman) starred in a Super Bowl commercial for Bridgestone, where he did a series of jumping jacks on the side of the road as a car drove past.
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