Richard Simmons Case Study

Unfortunately, being diagnosed with a devastating disease in his 30’s, he had to step away from

pleuritis. At the point when the agony and trouble of breathing completely left him, and his family were

Roy has not been feeling himself lately fpr the past 3 weeks. He lays in bed all day because he does not have the energy to get up and because he feels worthless and guilty for “being a burden to everyone.” His family reported that he appears to have lost a significant amount of weight.

“Water’s good. Helps my throat, my head. Drugs are starting to pull back. Chemical taste is going away. Clouds in muscles thinning. Stomach’s doing okay. Brain’s getting sharper. I still have a ways to go before I’m back to normal again. Maybe another hour or so. But I’ll get there.”(Rossi 120)

voiceless', brought him to the attention of the FBI and the local Philadelphia Police. At one point the FBI

The report says Holloway's co-workers went to his house, because he had recently quit his job at Chesapeake Energy company. When they arrived, co-workers tell police, Holloway was in the process of making home made bombs by taping quarter sticks of dynamite to aerosol cans. Holloway's co-workers also say he was things like "I don't want to see tomorrow"

He almost died. Apparently the blood vessel broke from all the drugs he did. (that

At this time we don’t have a status on his medical condition. We will continue to follow this story as it develops.

Rich was known to jump around between bands within short periods of time. Soon after Rich joined Marsala, he joined Artie Shaw, and then Tommy Dorsey. While Rich was with Dorsey, he was roommates with jazz legend Frank Sinatra for two years. Rich took a break during World War II for military duty, but quickly got back to drumming after the war was over. He formed and led his own band in 1946 and disbanded in 1951.Frank Sinatra helped fund Rich’s band. In 2951, Rich married Marie Allison. Rich was earning $1,500 a week with the Harry James Orchestra by 1954. Rich formed another band in 1966 and had greater success than his band back in 1946. The group stayed together until 1974. Although they weren’t together after that, they reunited for tours on and off until Rich died in 1987 (http://www.biography.com/people/buddy-rich-9457049#musical-success). He had a heart attack in 1959, which slowed down his drumming but started back up as soon as he was well enough to do so. His passion for drumming showed when he filed for bankruptcy in 1968, but kept on drumming even though he had no money and was most likely in debt. “Personal considerations usually took second place to Rich’s music.” (http://www.biography.com/people/buddy-rich-9457049#personal-life) Rich had yet another heart attack in 1983, which required surgery. Lo and behold, he kept on drumming as soon as he was well. A tumor was discovered in his brain in 1987 and was removed in March. While he was in the midst of receiving chemotherapy, he died on April 2nd in California due to heart failure

He suffered injuries to his body which included a broken leg, hip injury, arm injury and a head injury. Most importantly, he had to sell his house because of the health costs. After the fact, his family wasn’t able to provide him with the proper help and he chose not to get it

Jeff Mac: Well the rumor going around the internet is that North Atlantic Wrestling ordered Edwards to go see a doctor after he showed up to last episode of Monday Night Meltdown in a state of extreme exhaustion. That doesn’t surprise me either, given the grueling schedule he’s worked the

Sadly enough Rich "suffered from a heart condition, and following surgery for a malignant brain tumor, died from heart failure in Los Angeles

Since Richard Simmons had hidden himself away inside his house, many rumors are circulating on why he no longer comes out in public. People, June 14, 2016 reports that Richard wants to set the record straight on what he is doing.

Early in his comedian career, Richard was modeling his comedy, which was based mostly on Bill Cosby’s work. One of the main reasons he changed his comic style was from a performance in Las Vegas when he saw Dean Martin in the crowd and in that moment he questioned what he was doing and why he was doing it. So during the

Corey Feldman performed on The Today Show last week, and it actually didn't go over very well with the viewers. He was singing, but also did a bit of dancing along with the performance. People shared that Corey Feldman is really upset about how he was treated by the fans after the performance was over. It turns out that Corey is so upset about what went down that he hasn't been able to get out of bed.