I’m legitimately sad. What a nice man he seemed to be.
A little story about why Richard Simmons became a fitness and diet guru. He was in the Frederico Fellini film Satyricon and he was fat. A fan wrote to him and said, “fat people die young, Richard. Please don’t die.” He took it to heart and his relentless positivity became an inspiration to so many people.
Here he was in Satyricon.
This is actually true! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064940/characters/nm07998
Yep. I remember him talking about it in an interview on some talk show decades ago. Might have even been Donahue.
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Letterman is no spring chicken himself, I think he’s older
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Wow Richard Simmons and Doctor Ruth in the same day. The Grim Reaper is busy
Someone is after our health gurus.
I’d recommend the Missing Richard Simmons podcast. It’s a miniseries that discusses his legacy and influence. It’s well worth the listen.
That’s too bad. I never really got his shtick, but he seemed legit and any stories I ever heard of people interacting with him were always positive. His passing is definitely a loss.
Keeping entire generations moving. RIP
Rip legend
That’s why you shouldn’t work out.
I thought his rampant positivity got him
