RIP Mr. Richard Simmons - Iâm crying with the oldiesâŠTrue storyâŠwhen my H & I went to New Orleans a few days before a honeymoon cruise in 2000, my love was last off the plane due to them needing to get his wheelchair from the cargo hold and helpers to transfer him. When we finally exited, a very excited voice shouted âthere you are! Iâve been waiting for you!!!â After doing a literal triple take, I realized it was the one and only Richard Simmons! I truly cried, and he hugged us both, took a photo with us, and politely requested that the airline find us someone to help with our luggage. He hugged us again as we said goodbye. Like an old friend. Turns out he had been visiting his mom in NOLA, and was heading out to be on The Tonight Show. He may have been goofy and over the top, but he was such a kind person to us.
I donât even care that Iâm putting our photo up. We both had hair then, and mine was natural .
I was in graduate school and he was appearing at the Montgomery Wardâs store to help promote a line of clothing for someone. I canât remember who it was, but there were a few people there.
I convinced my friends from school, to go as it was only 10 minutes from school. We talked to him for a while; he was so nice. He autographed pictures for us and I donât know where they are!
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