Pauly Shore is paying tribute to Richard Simmons, whom he’s set to play in an upcoming biopic
“I just got word like everyone else that the beautiful Richard Simmons has passed,” Shore, 56, wrote via Instagram on Saturday, July 13. “I hope you’re at peace and twinkling up in the heavens. Please give my mother Mitzi and my father Sammy a big hug and a kiss for me.”
Representatives confirmed Simmons’ death at the age of 76 to ABC News on Saturday. According to the outlet, the Los Angeles Police Department responded to a call from Simmons’ housekeeper earlier that day. Simmons was pronounced dead on the scene after officers arrived at his residence. Shore is set to play Simmons in an upcoming biopic. Shore previously portrayed Simmons in the short film The Court Jester, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January.
Shore alleged that Simmons hadn’t “even heard the pitch.” He added, “Why don’t you simply let me come over to your house, bring you some warm matzo ball soup and a pastrami sandwich with dark mustard from Canters, rub your feet, and we can listen to the writer, Jordan Allen-Dutton, pitch you our idea?”
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