Hello Guys, today we are share American Hollywood Megastar Raquel Welch has died aged 82 following a “brief illness”. She rose to fame for her 1960s roles in Fantastic Voyage and One Million Years B.C, quickly becoming one of the industry’s most sought-after stars. Her family confirmed the tragic news to TMZ, telling the outlet that she passed away this morning.
Raquel Welch won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Actress in a Musical or Comedy for her 1974 role in The Three Musketeers. NBA star Rex Chapman led tributes on social media this evening, Tweeting: ” Raquel Welch Dead has passed away at the age of 82.”
According to family members, Raquel Dead this morning after a brief illness. Welch first rose to fame for her back-to-back roles in “Fantastic Voyage” and “One Million Years B.C.” — both in 1966.
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Welch only had a handful of lines in ‘B.C.’ but it was her wardrobe — a simple and skimpy deerskin bikini that catapulted her to sex symbol status.
From there, Welch’s profile blew up, and she was one of the most sought-after female stars throughout the ’60s and ’70s … taking home plenty of hardware in the process, including a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Actress in a Musical or Comedy for her 1974 role in “The Three Musketeers.”
Welch was named one of the “100 Sexiest Stars in Film History” in an issue of Empire magazine in 1995 and was ranked #3 in Playboy’s “100 Sexiest Stars of the 20th Century.”
Welch took home the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy, for her role in the 1974’s “The Three Musketeers” as Constance de Bonacieux.
She was also named one of the “100 Sexiest Stars in Film History” in a 1995 issue of Empire magazine and was also ranked No. 3 in Playboy’s “100 Sexiest Stars of the 20th Century.”