Raquel Welch: Sex Symbol of One Million Years B.C. Dies at 82

Raquel Welch was an American actress and singer who became an international sex symbol in the 1960s. Born Jo Raquel Tejada on September 5, 1940, in Chicago, Illinois, she grew up in San Diego, California, with a Bolivian father.

Welch signed with 20th Century Fox after Fantastic Voyage (1966), and her fur bikini in One Million Years B.C. made her famous worldwide. She won a Golden Globe for her role in The Three Musketeers (1973). Her other films include Bedazzled, Bandolero!, Myra Breckinridge and Kansas City Bomber. She also starred on Broadway in Woman of the Year and Victor/Victoria.

In 1986 she won a $10.8 million verdict against MGM over her firing from Cannery Row. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1996 and made her final film, How to Be a Latin Lover, in 2017. She was married four times and had two children, including actress Tahnee Welch. She died of cardiac arrest at her home in Los Angeles on February 15, 2023, at age 82.

Achievements: One Million Years B.C. (1966), Golden Globe for The Three Musketeers (1973), Broadway in Woman of the Year (1981), Walk of Fame star (1996).

Birth: September 5, 1940 - Chicago, Illinois.

Profession: Actress and singer.

Interesting Facts: She refused full nudity on screen throughout her career. She had Alzheimer's disease in her last years.