Raquel Welch, a longtime actress, international sex symbol and Golden Globe winner, has died, People magazine reported. She was 82.
Welch "passed away peacefully early this morning after a brief illness," her manager Steve Sauer stated on Wednesday.
Sauer added, "Her career spanned over 50 years starring in over 30 films and 50 television series and appearances. The Golden Globe winner, in more recent years, was involved in a very successful line of wigs. Raquel leaves behind her two children, son Damon Welch and her daughter Tahnee Welch."
Welch made her film debut in the mid 1960s, with breakout roles in 1966's Fantastic Voyage and One Million Years B.C. that same year.
She would go on to star in dozens of films, including 1973's The Three Musketeers, which earned her a Golden Globe for best actress in a motion picture comedy or musical.
Other titles under her belt include 100 Rifles, The Prince and the Pauper, Chairman of the Board, Legally Blonde and more. Her final film role was in 2017's How to Be a Latin Lover. She also memorably performed "I'm a Woman" with Cher back in 1975 on The Cher Show.
Welch became a pin-up after flaunting her curves in 1966's camp classic One Million Years B.C. But behind the glamor, the star—born Jo Raquel Tejada—was a hardworking single mom whose career as a sex bomb helped her raise two kids after splitting from her first husband in 1964.
Her book Beyond the Cleavage became a bestseller.
Welch was born in Chicago to a Bolivian-born engineer and his American wife.
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