Richard Simmons‘The housekeeper tried to take him to the doctor after he fell in the bathroom, but Richard put it off because he just wanted to stay home to celebrate his birthday… TMZ has learned.
As we reported, Richard fell Friday night at home in the bathroom… and according to law enforcement sources, when his housekeeper came to help him up, she begged Richard to seek medical attention that night.
We’re told that Richard had described feeling dizzy before the fall, but he rejected the housekeeper’s suggestion to see a doctor… telling her that he might go on Saturday, but he didn’t particularly want to go that night as it was his 76th birthday. So she helped him back to bed, and that was that.
On Saturday morning, around 10am, the housekeeper found Richard unconscious on the floor next to his bed.
Another source tells us that Richard showed no obvious or outward signs of injury — swelling, bruising or bleeding — after the fall. It’s unclear whether whatever caused his dizziness or the fall was directly related to his death.
Richard was declared dead at the scene, and police said there were no signs of foul play.
His autopsy has been completed, but the cause of death is still awaiting the results of toxicology tests.