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My way is the sensitive, emotional way, because that's who I am. A day doesn't go by where I don't sit and cry, listening to the stories. I try to be the clown and court jester and make people laugh.

Richard Simmons

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Richard Simmons
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: July 12
Actor
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New Orleans
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