Richard Simmons’ housekeeper believes fitness guru died from heart attack: ‘I can’t stop crying’
nypost.comfitness icon’s passing in an interview with People published Monday.“I can’t stop crying. I still can’t believe what happened,” she said. “I want to celebrate Richard.
He died happy.”Simmons died on July 13 — just one day after his 76th birthday. He allegedly suffered a fall in his bathroom and refused to get medical help immediately despite Reveles’ concern.At around 10 a.m.
on July 13, Reveles found Simmons dead on the floor next to his bed.The late television personality had a heart attack, according to Reveles.However, The Post confirmed with the LA Medical Examiner’s Office earlier this month that Simmons’ cause of death was deferred and is pending investigation.Reveles said that the morning of his birthday, Simmons told her, “Teresa, I can’t go down, my legs hurt a lot.”She told him, “Let’s go to the hospital.
Maybe you broke your leg.” But according to Reveles, Simmons refused. “No, Teresa. Not on my birthday. Why we don’t wait and we do it in the morning,’ ” he told her.
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