Richard Simmons , the incomparable fitness guru who got people moving and sweating with his eccentric coaching style, has died, according to multiple reports. He was 76. TMZ , who was first to report the news, reports Simmons died Saturday at his home in Los Angeles.
The outlet, citing law enforcement sources, says police got a call from his housekeeper just before 10 a.m. PT.
He was pronounced dead at the scene and no foul play is suspected at this time. The cause of death is not known. ET has reached to Simmons' rep.
Simmons had just posted some six hours ago on social media a photo of Simmons as Barbra Streisand. Simmons' death comes just one day after he celebrated his 76th birthday. His rep told ET on Friday that Simmons was excited about landing Patrick Leonard as the composer for his upcoming Broadway musical.
Simmons also took to Facebook on his birthday and shared a throwback photo of him celebrating his first birthday. He also reflected on birthday cakes, making birthday cards in grade school and what he and his brother, Lenny, would get as gifts on their birthdays. As recently as March, Simmons set the record straight about his health after previously sharing his skin cancer treatment story.
He later took to Facebook to explain that the story took place " years ago ." "I have had a tremendous amount of responses on my message regarding skin cancer," Simmons wrote. "It happened so many years ago.
The reason I wrote these two messages is that if you see a spot on you.