Richard Simmons’ final moments before fatal fall to be detailed by housekeeper in rare tell-all

ABC teased a uncommon upcoming question and reply pinch Richard Simmons’ location manager, who is expected to stock specifications of his last moments — and a concealed from nan fittingness star’s life that saw him retreat from nationalist life for a decade.

In a trailer for nan upcoming special “The Mystery of Richard Simmons: A Diane Sawyer Special” — which is group to aerial May 12 — nan fittingness guru’s longtime location manager, Teresa Reveles, said it’s “the first clip [she’s] spoken about” his decease and his disappearance from nan spotlight from 2014 until his 2024 death.

A narrator is heard asking, “And what does Richard’s live-in housekeeper — nan past personification to spot him live — now opportunity happened down closed doors?” 

Reveles past said, “When I came here, past I saw him connected nan floor.”

The typical will besides characteristic interviews pinch Richard’s relative Lenny Simmons and his woman Cathy Simmons, arsenic good arsenic pinch longtime head Michael Catalano and adjacent friend Rosie O’Donnell — and glimpses wrong nan fittingness legend’s Hollywood home.

In nan trailer, which promises to “pull backmost nan curtain connected nan mystery,” Cathy and Lenny told Sawyer that nan TV prima “had to beryllium successful a batch of pain” anterior to his death astatine property 76 from a tragic autumn and underlying bosom disease.

O’Donnell told Sawyer successful nan clip that she felt Richard “loved group backmost to health.”

Simmons died July 13, 2024, astatine his location — conscionable 1 time aft his 76th birthday.

Reveles — who worked for Simmons for 35 years and called herself his “companion” — antecedently spoke retired astir his death, conscionable weeks aft nan tragic loss, saying that he “died happy.”

She recovered Simmons successful his chamber aft nan fatal fall, telling People successful July 2024, “When I saw him, he looked peaceful.”

Reveles besides recalled connecting pinch nan beloved TV characteristic done an agency successful 1986, and his consequent prediction that they’d proceed connected for years to come.

“I showed up successful present and Richard says to me, ‘Where are your clothes? Where is your large suitcase?’ I said, ‘I conscionable bring nan small suitcase because I only effort this for 2 weeks. If you don’t for illustration maine aliases you don’t for illustration my cooking, past I can’t work.’”

She recalled him telling her, “you are ne'er going to leave. We are going to beryllium together until I die.”

Reveles added, “And you cognize what? His dream came true. He knew somehow.”

Simmons eerily told People nan time earlier he died that he was “grateful” to beryllium alive.

“I consciousness good! I americium grateful that I’m here, that I americium live for different day,” he told nan outlet successful an question and reply published July 12, 2024.

“I’ll walk my day doing what I do each day, which is to thief people.”