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Beloved but quirky fitness guru Richard Simmons lived a life of mystery and disappeared from public view years before his 2024 death. Now Globe offers a rare and shocking look inside his bizarre secret life.
More than 300 pointy, creepy long-eared elves, baby trolls and hobbit-like dolls were among his prized collection of kids’ keepsakes — and they hauled in more than $170,000 in an auction just a year and a half after his death at the age of 76 inside his Hollywood Hills digs.
Sold by the renowned Theriault’s auction house on Dec. 6, the dolls are part of the Sweatin’ to the Oldies star’s $20 million estate, which is now the subject of a bitter legal battle pitting his brother Leonard “Lenny” Simmons, 77, against Richard’s longtime caretaker, Teresa Reveles Muro, 74.
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While Lenny and Teresa butt heads over Richard’s $6.9 million house and $1 million in “missing” jewelry and other memorabilia, the angry adversaries seemingly had no problem parting with the 326 peculiar playthings that some believe were Richard’s only companions after he mysteriously vanished from public view in 2014, until his death a full decade later!
Richard allegedly spent time cherishing the dolls and quietly serving as an “early patron” of the National Institute of American Doll Artists, a niche group “dedicated to the art of the doll,” according to its website.
