Star’s manager Steve Sauer told the media that Raquel Welch died on Wednesday, February 15 in the morning after a “short illness”. This information was also confirmed by her son, but did not give a specific cause of her death, the Daily Mail informs. The actress was 82 years old.
Rachel Welch is dead. The actress made cinema history thanks to her bikini scenes
Raquel Welch was born on September 5, 1940 in Chicago. She was 17 when she became Miss San Diego and began working as a model, but also as a weather forecaster. She made her film debut in the early 1960s in the production of “Wagabunda”. She achieved her greatest successes in the 60s and 70s of the last century.
Raquel Welch photo. David Handschuh / AP Photo
Welch has starred in over 70 films and began her television career on the entertainment show “Hollywood Palace”. The most famous titles with her participation, apart from “The Three Musketeers”, include, for example, “Fantastic Journey”, “Right to Die” and “One Million Years BC”. In the latter (from 1966) she appeared on the screen in a leather bikini, with which the actress was associated for many years by many viewers. Her roles tried to break with the typical “sex symbol” – she played brave, independent heroines. In 1995, Empire magazine named her one of the “100 Sexiest Stars in Cinema History”.
In the 80s she made her Broadway debut, for years she had a show in Las Vegas where she sang. In 1984, she also launched a series of exercises called “The Raquel Welch Total Beauty and Fitness Program”, which was also very popular. In 1994, she unveiled her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Source: Gazeta
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