Fitness guru Richard Simmons died Saturday at the age of 76, his representative and law enforcement sources confirmed to multiple media outlets.
Simmons had just celebrated his birthday on Friday and had posted a thank you on social media for all of the messages, less than 24 hours before his death.
“Thank you…I never got so many messages about my birthday in my life! I am sitting here writing emails. Have a most beautiful rest of your Friday,” Simmons wrote in a social media post Friday afternoon.
TMZ, which was first to report on Simmons’s death, said emergency crews responded to a call from a housekeeper Saturday morning and pronounced him dead at the scene. According to the outlet, no foul play is suspected.
Law enforcement sources confirmed to NBC News that Simmons was found unresponsive Saturday at his Hollywood Hills home. A representative for Simmons confirmed the fitness icon’s death to ABC News.
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