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Richard Simmons, Celebrity Fitness Guru, Dies at 76

He had his own TV show, sold millions of workout videos and owned a Beverly Hills exercise studio/restaurant with a clientele that included Barbra Streisand and Paul Newman.

A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department told The Hollywood Reporter that personnel responded to a 911 call from Simmons’ home on Belfast Drive and arrived there at 9:57 a.m. on Saturday. At his peak, Simmons, who sported too-short shorts and a sparkly tank top with Swarovski crystals during his workouts, flew around the country making motivational speeches and conducting fitness classes for rapt fans. “While we would love to have him involved,” the filmmakers behind the project noted then, “we respect his desire to privacy and plan to produce a movie that honors him, celebrates him and tells a dramatic story.

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