Those closest to Simmons say he was energized by a new project months before he died and had begun writing songs for a potential Broadway musical about his life alongside musician Patrick Leonard “He ...

Richard Simmons was a beloved cultural icon in the 1980s, but he seemingly disappeared from the spotlight and cut out those close to him until the final months before his death in 2024. Simmons was ...

The fitness star worked alongside musician Patrick Leonard to start creating a potential Broadway Musical about his life "Richard was very much about the enthusiasm of just getting things going. We ...

"Richard was very much about the enthusiasm of just getting things going. We just had fun," Leonard says of their creative process Johnny Dodd is a senior writer at PEOPLE, who focuses on human ...