Racquel Welch has passed.

[Kingofalldems]

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[niyad]

1. Requiescat in pace, good soul.

[MustLoveBeagles]

2. RIP

[LisaM]

3. Oh no!

I am really sorry to hear it.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. May she rest in peace

[dalton99a]

5. R.I.P.

[Raine]

6. Sad news 🦋🕯️

R-I-P Racquel

[hlthe2b]

7. Really sorry to hear that. So many famous today ONLY for their looks, but Welch had talent...

Of course, she was quite beautiful but had a great sense of humor too. Her acting roles might not be Oscar-worthy, but she wasn't without ability.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. How sad

[Cha]

9. Oh wow.. how people and time

pass

I remember when we moved to my then husband's hometown of La Jolla, California and he said Raquel Welsh was born here. That was in the early '70s.

[FoxNewsSucks]

10. very sad

Seems like a lot of deaths, more than usual, these last couple years

[Botany]

11. One Million Years B.C.

[RocRizzo55]

18. I used to have a poster of this

Back in my teens.

[LiberalLovinLug]

44. Let just say this was one of my favorite movies when I was a young teen boy

[Botany]

50. "What do you say there fuzzy britches?"

As the actor was looking @ this pix.

Movie

Actor

Actor's name.

[Xavier Breath]

54. Shawshank was the first thing I thought of

when I saw that poster. And, the line uttered by the great Bob Gunton, who, I was surprised to learn, is still with us. I pictured him as being much older, but he was only in his 40s when he played the warden.

[Botany]

55. I hope TFG has a "Warden Norton Moment"

The mother fucker has a lot to do with 14 million
people being dead from C-19 and he sold America out to Russia.

[Backseat Driver]

12. Pretty lady - RIP

[PCIntern]

13. What Dick Cavett said is absolutely correct

She had a relationship with the camera as only a very few Hollywood actors and actresses had. All she had to do was show up…she didn’t have to say a word or “act”.

[lpbk2713]

14. Not just another pretty face.

I recall reading she had a high IQ.

She will be missed.

[chowder66]

15. That one hurts.

She inspired my tinfoil outfits I made for my barbies.

[FailureToCommunicate]

58. Wow! That IS inspiring!

Lotta weird videos in the 70's!

[chowder66]

60. Lol! Bringin' the kitsch!!

[TygrBright]

16. She was such a talented actress, especially in comedy roles.

It's really a shame she got pigeonholed as cheesecake for so much of her career.

Pass gently, fine lady.

sadly,
Bright

[Auggie]

17. +1

Well said. Thank you.

[Aristus]

19. Her comedic performance as the clumsy, accident-prone Constance Bonacieux

in the Richard Lester "Musketeer" films was one-of-a-kind. She was so beautiful and radiant in the role, it's like she was lit from within.

A staggeringly lovely, highly under-rated actress.

[FakeNoose]

38. Yes I loved her in the Three Musketeers films, she was quite funny

RIP Raquel Welch

[BlueMTexpat]

63. Same here!

RIP, Raquel!

[FailureToCommunicate]

59. I just watched that film tonight. It's actually terrific! And Raquel's role was comic gold!

The scene where she is had to hand fighting with Faye Dunaway using hair tiaras with daggers, and candlesticks, is brutal!

R.I.P. fair lady.

[calimary]

20. Bummer!

[Emile]

21. My first love. .

[Polly Hennessey]

23. Darn it, Raquel, you weren't supposed to leave.

[SheltieLover]

22. RIP

[progressoid]

24. Just learned that her cousin, Lidia Tejada, was Bolivia's first female Head of State.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidia_Gueiler

[pazzyanne]

25. Another icon, gone! nt

[skypilot]

26. Damn

She was the first movie star that I saw on the big screen. It was in a 1969 movie called Flareup.

[oasis]

27. Very sad news. RIP Raquel.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

28. RIP 💐

[LudwigPastorius]

29. The embodiment of a Deadly Sin.

She was Lust in the original Bedazzled.

[FailureToCommunicate]

36. That's were I first remember seeing her. So sad she passed. But films give some a...

bit of immortality.

Forever young, talented, and beautiful.

[DemUnleashed]

30. Very sad!

So sad to hear! I was very young when she was a sex symbol but I grew up seeing her as a gorgeous woman!

After reading that she passed on this DU post, I went to wiki to read more about her life. She had auditioned for the role of Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island! Can you even imagine both her AND Tina Louise on the same show?! Does not make sense. I always thought of those two as being very similar to each other. No wonder Raquel did not get the part!

[PCIntern]

33. She made Tina Louise look like Hazel

[DemUnleashed]

39. Ha ha ha!!

Ha ha ha!!

I completely forgot about that show...I used to love watching Hazel...such memories!!

[Dr. Strange]

31. :(

Sigh

[lastlib]

32. My first celebrity crush.......

"Fantastic Voyage"
"One Million Years B.C."
"Hannie Caulder"
"One Hundred Rifles"
"Kansas City Bomber" (the abuse she got in that one was like turning a hundred kindergarten kids loose with crayons on the Mona Lisa.)

If there was a movie with her in it, I wanted to see it.

It took a long time for me to realize what a truly beautiful lady she was on the inside as well as the outside. RIP, Raquel. You were one of a kind!

[onetexan]

34. Loved her in Tortilla Soup

RIP lovely lady

[duhneece]

35. Hemet-Ramona. She played Ramona when she was 17

Ramona, the story of a Spanish young man falling in love with Native Ramona. An outdoor play.

[GGoss]

37. Dammit... The Only Movie I Saw Her In Was Fantastic Voyage

Never did see Myra Breckinridge



Bless you, Raquel

[BlackSkimmer]

67. I loved that movie as a child!

RIP.

[Kingofalldems]

40. Seinfeld:

Link to tweet

[NBachers]

41. I remember her first appearance on Johnny Carson. Johnny was so distracted he could barely maintain

a conversation.

[spanone]

42. Rest in Peace

[Ohio Joe]

43. RIP

[blogslug]

45. Kansas City Bomber was awesome ❤️

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City_Bomber

RIP, Raquel

[ChazII]

46. May she rest in peace.

[bpj62]

47. Shawshank Redemption

Rachel Welch was the last of three movie starlets that helped cover Andy Dufrense tunnel. The first one being Rita Hayworth which is the actual name of the novella. The second poster was Marilyn Monroe. The first movie I saw her in was Fantastic Journey. As an adult male I watched that movie and I wondered how she ever fit into the uniform they made her wear for that movie. My impression of her was that she was smart and had a great sense of humor. I am getting old.

[kskiska]

48. She had brains

and wasn't plastic like these Hollywood women today.

[KPN]

49. Oh darn. Sad. Another one of those well knowns who frame

the mileposts of my life has left. She may not have been the most talented actor, but she sure made a big splash in the American culture pool. May she Rest In Peace and continue her journey in the next dimension.

[hamsterjill]

51. Fathom

I saw it when it came out and was so enthusiastic that women could sky dive!!! I was about ten and ran around for weeks with my shirts tied up exposing a bare mid drift like Raquel had done in that movie.

Raquel, my imitation of your shirt style was simple flattery although it sure looked a lot better on you than on me. She was a brick HOUSE!!!

Thanks for the memory and may you Rest In Peace.

[allegorical oracle]

52. That was just breaking news, and this thread is already flaming -- with good reason, she was

beautiful and talented. Appreciated that she never became tawdry...stayed classy. One of my favorite films she appeared in was The Last of Sheila, a twisty murder mystery that was clever with a solid cast.

[Kingofalldems]

53. I watch that once a year.

[kentuck]

56. I saw her in person at Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam...

...at the USO Bob Hope Christmas show in 1967. She was a favorite pin-up of the GIs. I was twenty years old and I was amazed at how beautiful she was.

[Skittles]

57. lovely lady

decent actress, too

[RevBrotherThomas]

62. OK let's be real...

Sorry, I don't mean to be snarky

Your "sorry" is suspect and snark is completely what you were going for.

A beloved actress is dead and her family friends and fans are mourning her. Leave off with the BS.

[Emile]

64. Sleep peacefully my love.

[hay rick]

65. A weather lady on TV in San Diego if I remember correctly.

RIP Racquel.

[LeftInTX]

66. This hurts

I can't even picture her "looking old"

[world wide wally]

68. Peace to a beautiful lady

[Ford_Prefect]

69. A smart and very funny woman who played against the tropes so well.

My favorite among her many films was as Constance in The Three Musketeers by David Lean (1973). She has always had a gift for physical comedy.