Richard Simmons: SECRETS HE TOOK TO HIS GRAVE

Inside the fitness legend's mysterious and sudden death following a decade of seclusion

In May a decade after vanishing from the public eye Richard Simmons hinted he was poised to make his comeback. "I just got off the phone with a friend who manages famous artists in music," the beloved fitness guru shared.

"She wants to do an interactive Broadway show about my life.

I am so excited about the prospect of my own Broadway show.

Broadway is in my blood!" After years of dodging the spotlight, an insider told In Touch at the time, Richard was "finally ready for his second act." Less than two months later, he was dead. Richard's lifeless body was discovered, reportedly by his housekeeper, inside his LA home on July 13 - the morning after he celebrated his 76th birthday.