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Richard Simmons’ official reason behind loss of life is underneath investigation.
The Medical Examiner’s Workplace in Los Angeles has deferred Simmons’ reason behind loss of life whereas an investigation and extra testing are underway, Individuals reported on Monday, July 15. Police instructed the outlet that there “is not any foul play concerned.”
The health legend died in his Los Angeles house on Saturday, July 13, simply two days after his 76th birthday. He was pronounced lifeless on the scene by authorities and his loss of life is believed to be from pure causes.
The morning of Friday, July 12, Simmons shared a birthday message and despatched gratitude to his followers on Fb.
Richard Simmons was a health legend starting within the Nineteen Seventies. Simmons rose to fame pioneering his “Sweatin’ to the Oldies” aerobics exercises, main him to launch his personal health studio Slimmons till its 2016 closure. After Slimmons closed up store for good, the burden loss guru resigned from the limelight, prompting rampant conspiracy theories about […]
“So lots of you’ve got despatched me birthday needs on my Fb and different platforms,” he wrote. “I actually recognize that. I don’t know when your birthday is however I want you a cheerful and wholesome birthday!”
Simmons — who retreated from the highlight a decade in the past — spoke candidly in an in depth interview with Individuals a number of days earlier than his loss of life.
“How do you take care of loss? It takes a toll in your coronary heart,” Simmons stated. “Some shed many tears, others stare on the sky. It’s so arduous to say goodbye. Here’s what I do know when it’s time for us to go, lovely angels will greet us with a smile and a howdy.”
He stated that he knew folks “miss” him and that he “missed them too.”
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Whereas he remained “in disguise,” Simmons nonetheless communicated with followers via telephone calls and emails. “Once I determined to retire, it was as a result of my physique instructed me I wanted to retire,” he stated. “I’ve frolicked simply reflecting on my life. All the books I wrote, the movies. I by no means was like, ‘Oh look what I’ve executed.’ My factor was, ‘Oh, look how many individuals I helped.’”
In March, Simmons was identified with “scary” basal cell carcinoma and had it faraway from his physique earlier this 12 months.
“[The skin cancer] by no means got here again. So many individuals have most cancers,” he stated. “I name them, I sing to them. ‘You’re gonna get via this. You simply should imagine that.’”
