Raquel Welch, the award-winning actress and reluctant sex symbol, has died at the age of 82.
, her manager added that Welch “passed away peacefully early this morning after a brief illness.”
“Her career spanned over 50 years starring in over 30 films and 50 television series and appearances,” the statement continued. “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.”, Welch’s fame skyrocketed when she appeared inthat same year, solidifying herself as a Hollywood starlet.
, appearing against type as a woman with A.L.S. who wishes for euthanasia. In 1996, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. For her entire career, Welch — who was born Jo Raquel Tejada in 1940 — shouldered the immense burden of being a sex symbol. Even
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