HOLLYWOOD actress and sex symbol Raquel Welch has died at the age of 82. Welch passed away on Wednesday morning after suffering from a brief illness, her family told TMZ.
The actress rose to fame in 1966 for her break-out roles in Fantastic Voyage and One Million Years B.C. She became known as a sex symbol in the 1960s after dawning a small deerskin bikini in One Million Years B.C.
Welch was named one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in Film History in a 1995 issue of Empire magazine while ranking third in Playboy's 100 Sexiest Stars of the 20th Century.
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Welch's acting career skyrocketed. Some of her big films were Bedazzled, Bandolero!, 100 Rifles, and Myra Breckinridge.
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