What is Richard Simmons?
{{use mdy dates|date=December 2018}} {{other people|Richard Simmons}} {{use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Richard Simmons | image = Richard Simmons 1998.jpg | caption = Simmons in 1998 | birth_name = Milton Teagle Simmons | birth_date = {{birth date|1948|7|12}} | birth_place = [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|07|13|1948|7|12}} | death_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S. | death_cause = Problems caused by a fall | other_names = {{ubl|Milton Teagle Simmons|Milton Simmons|Richard Teagle Simmons}} | occupation = {{Hlist|Fitness instructor|actor|video producer}} | years_active = 1968–2014 | alma_mater = [[University of Louisiana at Lafayette]]<br>[[Florida State University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) | website = {{URL|richardsimmons.com}} }} '''Milton Teagle Simmons''' (July 12, 1948 &ndash; July 13, 2024), better known as '''Richard Simmons''', was a [[fitness]] guru and actor. He promoted programs aimed towards weight loss.<ref>{{cite web|title=Richard Simmons|publisher=Biography|url=http://www.biography.com/people/richard-simmons-9542376|accessdate=May 16, 2016|archive-date=May 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160517154006/http://www.biography.com/people/richard-simmons-9542376|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was known for his eccentric, outgoing, and flamboyant personality. While growing up, Simmons had [[asthma]]. He was [[obese]] when he was a [[teenager]]. By the time he graduated from high school, he weighed 268 [[Pound (mass)|pound]]s (122 kg).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/02/15/books/behind-the-bestsellers.html|title=BEHIND THE BESTSELLERS|last=Klemesrud|first=Judy|date=February 15, 1981|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=17 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20080593,00.html|title=The Sultan of Svelte|author=Kathy Mackay|d