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Richard Simmons attends the 87th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 28, 2013 in New York City.

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Richard Simmons attends the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards on Aug. 25, 2013, in Brooklyn, New York.

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Katy Perry and Richard Simmons attend the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards on Aug. 25, 2013, in Brooklyn, New York.

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Fitness guru Richard Simmons, center, is joined by New York City police officers John Porrazzo, left, and Andy Pinero as they exercise Feb. 10, 2000, in New York.

At the time, Simmons was helping to introduce a new California Raisin Character. The new singular character replaced the California Dancing Raisins which were first introduced in the mid-1980s.

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Richard Simmons leads the crowd at the first ever Women's Heart Conference in Kearney, Neb., at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, March 27, 1999.

Audience members heard the latest facts on heart disease prevention and risks associated with heart disease.

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Richard Simmons long has been a favorite on the talk-show circuit. Here, he is shown embracing Sally Jessy Raphael on the set of her show in New York, Feb. 10, 1999.

On the show, Simmons tried to motivate several young housewives who were depressed over large weight gains.

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Richard Simmons waves to the crowd while riding a float in the Greater Siouxland Fair and Rodeo parade August 14, 1997, in South Sioux City, Neb.

Simmons, who was the parade's grand marshal, filmed one of his infomercials in South Sioux City.

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Richard Simmons admires the doll in the likeness of entertainer Barbra Streisand after it was unveiled at the International Doll Art Show in Chicago, Oct. 6, 1995.

Simmons, a doll collector and an avid Streisand admirer, commissioned artist Lisa Lichtenfels to create the piece for $10,000.

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Richard Simmons looks toward the crowd during a Project Lift aerobics class at Zeeland East High School Jan. 25, 2003, in Zeeland, Michigan.

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As host of a television show called "Dream Maker," Richard Simmons, left, holds 10 inches of hair, cut from the head of Kristi Glakas, right, Miss Virginia Teen USA, donated to produce a wig for Callie Connaughton, center, of Marietta, Ga., who suffers from permanent hair loss, Oct. 12, 1999, during the production of the show in Hollywood.

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Richard Simmons, spreading the word about diet and exercise, earlier in 2004.