RIP Raquel Welch (82), long time actress

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Raquel Welch, a longtime actress, international sex symbol and Golden Globe winner, has died, PEOPLE confirms. She was 82.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/raquel-welch-one-million-years-200425372.html

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.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/15/entertainment/raquel-welch-death/index.html

 

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And from The Guardian and BBC:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/feb/15/raquel-welch-dies-actor

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64657781

and the class 1,000,000 Years BC:

 

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Not to mention Fantastic Voyage:



As an aside, a documentary on the making of Fantastic Voyage:

 

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Not to mention Fantastic Voyage:

Classic. I would love to see it again.

 

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And an ABC News tribute:

 

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NPR - Welch was born Jo-Raquel Tejada in Chicago, Illinois. She leaves behind her two children, her son Damon Welch and her daughter, Tahnee Welch. She was a single mom of two when she began her film career.