Richard Simmons planned to make a major musical with Michael Jackson’s composer

On his big, the training guru uploaded an old photo of himself celebrating his first birthday, reminiscing about birthday cakes, homemade birthday cards in primary school and exchanging gifts with his brother Lenny.

“Lenny and I always got clothes for our birthdays. When I became successful, I bought my dad cotton handkerchiefs with an S monogram and a perfume made with Patchouli,” Richard said in the birthday post. “I bought a fragrance for my mother Germaine Monteil called Royal Secret. She preferred to rub the bath oil on her neck as it lasted longer. When that fragrance was discontinued, she became an Oscar De La Renta lady. I also sent them a check every month so they could buy whatever they wanted.”