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The brother of Richard Simmons has disclosed the late health guru’s reason behind death.
“Richard’s demise was unintended because of problems from current falls and coronary heart illness as a contributing issue. The toxicology report was unfavorable apart from remedy Richard had been prescribed,” Thomas Estey, Simmons’ consultant, stated in a press release to People, citing notification Simmons’ brother had acquired from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner.
When reached by CNN, Estey referred to his assertion to Folks.
“The Household needs to thank everybody for his or her outpouring of affection and assist throughout this time of nice loss,” his assertion concluded.
The complete coroner’s report shouldn’t be but publicly out there.
Simmons, a preferred health persona and staple of ’80s-era TV, died early on Saturday morning July 13. He had celebrated his 76th birthday the day prior. “We misplaced an Angel immediately – a real Angel,” Estey advised CNN on the time.
Quickly after his demise, reports surfaced that Simmons had fallen in his toilet the night time of his birthday, however declined medical consideration on the behest of his housekeeper. He was discovered unresponsive subsequent to his mattress the next morning.
His brother, Lenny Simmons, additionally paid tribute in a press release shared with CNN final month.
“I don’t need folks to be unhappy about my brother. I would like them to recollect him for the real pleasure and love he dropped at folks’s lives,” Lenny Simmons wrote. “He actually cared about folks. He known as, wrote, and emailed 1000’s of individuals all through his profession to supply assist. So don’t be unhappy. Rejoice his life.”
He added that his brother was “very enthusiastic about all of his upcoming ventures he was engaged on.”