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Richard Simmons, the energetic exercise icon behind the Sweatin’ to the Oldies workout tapes, has died at 76. A representative for Simmons confirmed the news to ABC. He had just celebrated his birthday on Friday, tweeting, “Thank you…I never got so many messages about my birthday in my life!” TMZ initially reported that law enforcement responded to a call from Simmons’s housekeeper on Saturday morning and pronounced him dead at the scene, with police suspecting no foul play and investigating it as a natural death. TMZ later updated its report to note that law enforcement sources said Simmons’s death could be connected to a bathroom fall he had the night before. Foul play is reportedly still not…
