Richard Simmons during the release of an exercise video, “Everyday With Richard Simmons,” at Bloomingdale’s in New York City in 1983.Credit...Ron Galella Collection, via Getty Images Supported by By ...

He turned exercise from an arena of musclebound pride into a variety act of cross-dressing gags, teeny-weeny shorts and saucy repartee. By Alex Traub Richard Simmons, who with dances, confessions, ...

Richard Simmons, the energetic, frizzy-haired TV personality and fitness coach who made exercise accessible to millions and then became reclusive in recent years, has died. He was 76. Simmons died at ...

Richard Simmons, a fitness guru known for his little shorts and big personality as the king of home exercise videos, has died at age 76, one day after his birthday and on the heels of an interview in ...

NEW YORK – Richard Simmons, television's hyperactive court jester of physical fitness who built a mini-empire in his trademark tank tops and short shorts by urging the overweight to exercise and eat ...

Richard Simmons speaks to the audience before the start of a summer salad fashion show at Grand Central Terminal in New York on June 2, 2006. Simmons, a fitness guru who urged the overweight to ...

Richard Simmons, television's hyperactive court jester of physical fitness who built a mini-empire in his trademark tank tops and short shorts by urging the overweight to exercise and eat better, died ...