Richard Simmons has died at the age of 76

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I remember him being incredibly popular as an exercise host ("Sweating to the Oldies") and selling his Deal-A-Meal weight loss program. He was always a very energetic and enthusiastic and, well, flamboyant personality who would wear sparkly sleeveless T-s and the shortest shorts imaginable. Eventually he dropped out of the public spotlight and in the past few years people worried because he hadn't been seen outside of his house in years. At one point he put out a message saying that he was totally fine. More recently it has been revealed that he was dealing at skin cancer at one point. He thanked his fans just a few weeks ago for their love. Now he is gone. What a shame. He truly had such positive energy when he was in the public spotlight. I just saw this sketch Richard Simmons participated in on Whose Line Was It Anyway back in 2003 on YouTube. I must have watched it like 6 times now and I am still laughing out loud. Check it out.