Richard Simmons‘ longtime housekeeper Teresa Reveles — who labored for the health guru for the final 4 many years of his life and have become extraordinarily near him throughout that point — has a idea about what triggered his loss of life.
As we reported earlier this month, the New Orleans-born health icon handed away at his home within the Hollywood Hills simply someday after his 76th birthday. His loss of life was utterly sudden and greeted with shock by the media and public. That Richard had been so reclusive in his last years solely made his passing that rather more stunning. And now, his housekeeper is talking out about it.
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In a brand new interview with Folks on Monday, Reveles — who first began working in Simmons’ family again in 1986 — shared a idea about what killed the health professional. She was the one who found Richard’s physique that morning, and when she discovered him, she seen one thing curious: his fingers had been balled up into fists. Reveles believes that meant he had a coronary heart assault, as she informed the magazine:
“That’s why I do know it was coronary heart assault. I had a coronary heart assault a number of years in the past, and my fingers did the identical.”
For what it’s price, an official reason behind loss of life has not been decided with toxicology take a look at outcomes nonetheless pending, so Reveles’ idea is simply that — a idea. Nonetheless, she tried to share her optimism amid the tragedy by saying that Simmons regarded “peaceable” when she discovered him, and that she hoped he had “died glad.” We hope so, too…
Elsewhere within the interview, Teresa described herself as Simmons’ “companion” and claimed that many years in the past, Richard had predicted the 2 of them could be collectively for the remainder of his life:
“[Simmons said] ‘Teresa, are available in, you’re by no means going to depart. We’re going to be collectively till I die.’ And you recognize what? His dream got here true. He knew by some means.”
She additionally confirmed to Folks one thing that has already been reported — that Simmons fell in his lavatory on his birthday on July 12, however refused to go to the hospital as a result of he didn’t wish to spend his birthday there. Teresa stated that when she requested on the time about taking him in for a check-up, he informed her:
“Why don’t we wait and we do it within the morning.”
About what occurred hours after that dialog, she ruefully added:
“However within the morning it was too late.”
So unhappy…
Now, there may be extra to the story involving Teresa and her relationship with Richard. As chances are you’ll recall, a podcast referred to as Lacking Richard Simmons debuted early in 2017 that sought to determine why Simmons had left the general public eye. As a part of that podcast, a longtime good friend of the health guru got here ahead with claims Reveles was guilty. He stated the caregiver had began controlling Richard’s life and was holding him away from buddies, relations, and his adoring followers.
In a single episode of that spring 2017 podcast, Simmons’ pal Mauro Oliveira claimed he had gone to Richard’s residence to determine the place the star disappeared to when he allegedly discovered himself an unsettling state of affairs involving Reveles:
“It was 6 p.m., and I went into his home. He was sitting in the lounge, and he was very weakly, bodily and mentally. He was trembling. He stated, ‘Mauro, I referred to as you right here as a result of we can not see one another anymore. I’m simply going to remain right here.’ I considered the worst. I believed the worst was going to occur. I believed he was suicidal. … She [Teresa] realized that I used to be in the home and she or he began screaming like a witch, ‘No no no no, get out, get out! I don’t need him right here!’ Richard checked out me and stated, ‘you bought to go.’ I stated, ‘actually? Is she controlling your life now?’ and he stated sure, and that I’ve to depart.”
So creepy, proper? However whereas Oliveira actually has his story, and Lacking Richard Simmons grew to become a phenomenon adopted by popular culture conspiracy theorists nationwide when it was launched, Richard’s circle of relatives by no means agreed with these sentiments. Additionally talking to Folks on Monday, the late health guru’s brother Lenny had this to say about Reveles:
“Teresa was extraordinarily loyal and reliable. She beloved my brother, and he beloved her. We’re blessed to have Teresa in our lives.”
We really feel for Teresa for dropping her longtime employer — and good friend. And for being the one to seek out his physique on that fateful mid-July morning. Ugh.
R.I.P.
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