Actress and model Raquel Welch dies at 82

[BumRushDaShow]

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Source: ABC News

Actress and model Raquel Welch, known for her roles in the 1966 films "Fantastic Voyage" and "One Million Years B.C." has died, according to her representative. Welch was 82.

"The legendary bombshell actress of film, television and stage, passed away peacefully early this morning after a brief illness," Welch's rep said in a statement to KABC. "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," her rep added.

Welch was born on Sept. 5, 1940, in Chicago, to Armando Carlos Tejeda, an aerospace engineer, and his Irish American wife, Josephine Sarah Hall. When she was 2 years old, she and her family moved to San Diego. Welch had a desire to perform at a young age. As a child, she took dance lessons and earned teen beauty titles including Miss La Jolla and Miss San Diego.

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Wow. Damn.

Have to add this classic clip -

R.I.P. She will be missed for her beauty and humor.

[SheltieLover]

1. RIP

[Sky Jewels]

2. Very sad. RIP.

Sidenote, why are news reports still defining women only in relation to men? "Welch was born ... to Armando Carlos Tejeda, an aerospace engineer, and his Irish American wife, Josephine Sarah Hall."

Why not, "Welch was born to Josephine Sarah Hall [who, after all, was the one who literally GAVE BIRTH TO HER] and her husband, Armando Carlos Tejeda..."?

Makes me mad.

[zipplewrath]

4. Style Guide

The easy answer is because the publications style guide dictates these kind of things. Not sure how often style guides are reviewed and revised. My guess is rarely.

[Trailrider1951]

10. I'd say that style guide is more than a bit outdated

When was it written, back in the 1950's?

[BumRushDaShow]

5. Centuries of "cultural conditioning"?

[GenThePerservering]

35. ROFL - that's very true

Armando Tejeda certainly did NOT give birth to Raquel!

Very out of date style manual.

[mobeau69]

3. Damn! 🙁

[Scrivener7]

6. Wow. An icon of a slice of time.

[Siwsan]

7. I loved her in Richard Lester's 'The Three Musketeers'

Brilliant directing of a brilliant cast. She was absolutely wonderful as Constance.

[CANADIANBEAVER69]

13. one of my favourite movies growing up

I loved that movie. I look for it everywhere and wish I had a copy.

[BumRushDaShow]

14. Oliver Reed and Michael York

For the win!!!! The 3 and 4 Musketeers!

[highplainsdem]

26. I did, too. This is very sad news.

[iluvtennis]

8. May Raquel Welch Rest in Peace and May her Memory be a Blessing. n/t

[Warpy]

9. She was absolutely hilarious in "Tortilla Soup"

and made me wish she had done more comedy.

She will be missed.

[Demovictory9]

11. RIP

[Lochloosa]

12. She couldn't live without me anymore.

RIP

[ret5hd]

19. And my wife is finally safe!

[2naSalit]

15. ...

[YoshidaYui]

16. Sad

A Wonderful actress...

[generalbetrayus]

18. I have sincere sadness over this news.

She was my favorite screen hottie back in the day. I had a poster of her in a fur bikini in One Million Years B.C. in my bedroom in junior high school, the only poster in my room. RIP, film goddess.

[dameatball]

31. I had that poster at about the same age. My friends were impressed. Different era I guess.

[niyad]

20. I just watched a clip of her and Cher in a duet, "I'm A Woman".

[hamsterjill]

23. Strange. I watched that myself over the weekend.

I was actually marveling at Welch’s, well, her figure. And I’m straight! But she had the best figure I’ve ever seen for a woman and that was without today’s hard workouts and toning.

I loved her in Fathom.

[GenThePerservering]

36. She worked out and ate clean

most of her life. She has always kept herself fit and worked hard. It was one of the ways she inspired so many women - yoga, cardio and regular weightlifting. I remember her workout routines in the 80s.

Very inspirational, particularly back in the day when women might have been discouraged from hard exercise.

Her diet was way too restrictive for me, but it certainly worked for her!

[hamsterjill]

37. This was long before the 80's.

n/t

[LeftInTX]

40. I can't even picture her "looking old"

She looked 60ish to me...Middle aged and fit with golden brown hair and a nice tan.
But then, I haven't seen her in awhile.

[Midnight Writer]

21. And a piece of my youth goes with her. She was a wonderful lady.

Broke a Hollywood (American) taboo when she had a rather tepid love scene with Jim Brown in the movie 100 Rifles.

Broke another with her role in Myra Breckinridge when she transitions to Myron.

[rogerballard]

22. Kansas City Bomber

I think I was 13 and we went to the Drive-In in Waterford Michigan to see it. Lots of Drive-In memories from 1960's-1970's

[wendyb-NC]

24. R.I.P. Ms. Welch

[edbermac]

25. Sad to hear that.

Even more sad is that you know the antivaxxers are gonna be coming out of the woodwork.

[patphil]

27. She was an amazing woman; much more than just the sex goddess she was originally portraayed as.

[hibbing]

28. Got her autograph once

Stage door back in the day. She was performing Woman of the Year on Broadway.

Peace

[littlemissmartypants]

29. ...

[calimary]

30. Farewell, Beautiful.

[Mousetoescamper]

32. Thanks for the Seinfeld clip highlighting her humor. RW transcended the sex symbol image of her

early career and became known for her acting and humor as well as her beauty. Many of her roles have been noted in this thread, but there's a lesser-known role that I'll add to the list. She played Lilian Lust in one of my favorite movies, the Peter Cook and Dudley Moore Faustian comedy Bedazzled, in 1967. I'm sorry to know she has died at 82, which seems young to me now that I'm within a few years of age 70.

[kimbutgar]

33. My husband first crush as a young boy

He will be crushed when he hears this. I just saw her recently in the three musketeers movie that was on TCM. She was so gorgeous!

Rest In Peace Raquel.

[spike jones]

34. my life is over, n/t

[burrowowl]

38. RIP!