By Matt Demarco For Daily Mail Australia
11:03 14 Jul 2024, updated 11:14 14 Jul 2024
Richard Simmons biting tweet about Australia has resurfaced following his death at age 76.
The Los Angeles Police Department responded to Simmons’ home early on Saturday after a call from his housekeeper.
ABC News reported Simmons died of natural causes and there is no suspicion of foul play.
Simmons visited Australia in 1983 to promote his first book, Never Say Diet.
While the Sweatin’ to the Oldies star liked the locals, he took umbridge to a gift waiting in his hotel room.
Simmons reflected on his memories Down Under just weeks before his death.
‘… I went to Sydney and Melbourne,’ he wrote in the resurfaced Tweet.
‘I just loved the way they talked. I didn’t particularly like the Vegemite and crackers that was waiting for me in my room,’ he added.
Just a day before his death, Simmons turned 76 and posted a message to fans on Facebook.
His message read: ‘Thank you…I never got so many messages about my birthday in my life! I am sitting here writing emails. Have a most beautiful rest of your Friday. Love, Richard’.
On Friday, Simmons also revealed his fun plans to celebrate his birthday in a very rare interview.
He told People: ‘But the candle will probably be on a zucchini. You know, I’m a vegetarian.’
Reflecting on turning 76, he added: ‘I feel good! I am grateful that I’m here, that I am alive for another day. I’ll spend my birthday doing what I do every day, which is to help people.’
Over the course of his career, Simmons became a master of many media forms, sharing his hard-won weight-loss tips as host of the Emmy-winning daytime ‘Richard Simmons Show’ and author of best-selling books and the diet plan Deal-A-Meal.
He also opened exercise studios and starred in exercise videos, including the wildly successful ‘Sweatin’ to the Oldies’ line, which became a cultural phenomenon.
Simmons’ daytime show was seen on 200 stations in America, as well as in Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Japan and South America.
His first book, Never Say Diet, was a smash best-seller.
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