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Richard Simmons
Milton Teagle Simmons (born July 12, 1948),〔 better known as Richard Simmons, is an American fitness personality and actor. Simmons promotes weight-loss programs, prominently through his ''Sweatin' to the Oldies'' line of aerobics videos and is known for his eccentric, flamboyant, and energetic personality.
Simmons began his weight-loss career by opening a gym called Slimmons in Beverly Hills, California, catering to the overweight, and he became widely known through exposure on television and through the popularity of his consumer products. He is often parodied and is a frequent guest of late night television talk shows, such as the ''Late Show with David Letterman''. Simmons continues to promote health and has broadened his activities to include political activism, notably in support of a bill mandating non-competitive physical education in public schools as a part of the "No Child Left Behind" Act.
==Early life==
Simmons was born Milton Teagle Simmons in New Orleans, Louisiana on July 12, 1948, the son of Shirley May (née Satin) and Leonard Douglas Simmons, Sr. Simmons was born to show business parents and raised in the French Quarter of New Orleans.〔Simmons (1999) p.21-32〕 His father was Episcopalian and his mother Jewish; Simmons later converted to Catholicism and attended Cor Jesu High School, known today as Brother Martin High School.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Day - Google News Archive Search )〕 He was obese throughout his adolescence and by the time he graduated from high school, he weighed 268 pounds. As a young man, he considered being a priest.〔 In an interview with the ''Tampa Bay Times'', Simmons explained he adopted the name "Richard" after an uncle who paid for his college tuition.
His first job in New Orleans was selling pralines at Leah's. After starting college at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, he transferred to Florida State University. While enrolled there, he studied as an exchange student in Florence, Italy. He graduated with a BA in Art. After graduation, Simmons moved to New York City where he worked in advertising, as a waiter, and for cosmetics companies Revlon and Coty Cosmetics.
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