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.

Missing Richard Simmons is a fascinating podcast from… Jesus Christ, seven years ago 💀

It covers the influence of Richard, and his sudden and complete withdrawal from public life in 2014.

He seemed to give of himself almost compulsively for most of his life.

I hope his final years were peaceful and joyous.

Damn, that sucks. Richard Simmons always seemed like one of the nicest, most genuinely good-hearted people in Hollywood. The world is just a little bit worse off without him.

I’ll never be able to think of him without thinking of his spectacular performance on Whose Line Is It Anyway.

Thanks Richard for showing me men can be quirky.

That’s why you shouldn’t work out.

I can’t believe Richard Simmons’ final act was to try and get trump once and for all.

I’m legitimately sad. What a nice man he seemed to be.

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.

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