It appears like Richard Simmons goes to be sweatin’ to the oldies for eternity.
On Saturday, Lenny Simmons, brother of the late health guru, advised individuals attending Simmons’ celebration-of-life ceremony a “little secret” about how the star was laid to relaxation sporting his well-known train ensemble beneath a extra formal outfit.
“Just like Clark Kent, underneath his beautiful things that he was wearing, his clothing, he is wearing a tank top and shorts,” Lenny Simmons advised the group at New Orleans’ St. Louis Cathedral, based on video of the star’s remembrance shared by TMZ.
Richard Simmons was buried in July at Los Angeles’ Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary, in a non-public funeral for household and shut associates.
In the course of the celebration of life, Lenny Simmons advised these in attendance that the burial outfit was a tribute to every thing the train knowledgeable dropped at the world.
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“Why, you ask?” mentioned Lenny Simmons. “Because we think that God has another plan for him, and we made sure that he was going to be in his normal costume that we all know and love, to help the saints and the angels get into shape.”
He added: “So I’m here to say to you that even though he’s not here ― and I know he’s in spirit here tonight ― Richard Simmons will forever be sweating with the Holies.”
Richard Simmons handed away in July, only a day after his 76th birthday.
His dying was decided to be attributable to issues from coronary heart illness and accidents sustained in latest falls.
