Story highlights Richard Simmons is 'fine'LAPD checked on the celebrity fitness trainer last week(CNN) Richards Simmons is alive and well, according to a spokesperson for the celebrity fitness trainer. Simmons, who built a fitness empire in the 80s and a reputation as a gregarious health advocate, has remained out of the public eye in recent years. But his longtime publicist Tom Estey told CNN in an email Sunday that "everything is fine" with Simmons. He is fine, nobody is holding him hostage. There's been heightened interest in Simmons' well-being since the New York Daily News published a March 2016 story titled, "The Haunted Twilight of Richard Simmons," in which his friends expressed concern for the 68-year-old.

Source: CNN March 12, 2017 17:25 UTC