REVEALED: Richard Simmons’ haunting final social media post… shared just five HOURS before his death in Los Angeles aged 76

Richard Simmons shared a famous quote from a popular Broadway musical just five hours before his death, aged 76, in Los Angeles.

The hyperactive court jester of physical fitness who built a mini-empire in his trademark tank tops and short shorts by urging the overweight to exercise and eat better, died of natural causes at his southern California home on Saturday.

And social media followers have since remarked on the timing of his final X post, which appears to have been posted shortly before his passing.

Taking to the online platform, Simmons shared a photo alongside the caption ‘Hello gorgeous! Please don’t rain on my parade’ – a partial line from the 1964 musical Funny Girl – at 3:53 pm on July 13, the day of his death.

Commenting on the post, one follower wrote: ‘Yikes! 5 hrs ago posting messages & gone just like that. You seriously never know.’