Raquel Welch dead at 82: Actress dies after brief illness

American actress and international sex symbol Raquel Welch has died at the age of 82 following a brief illness, according to a report from TMZ.

Welch rose to international fame from her back-to-back roles in Fantastic Voyage and One Million Years B.C. in 1966. 

She had minimal speaking toles in One Million Years BC, but her deerskin bikini in the film cemented her as a sex symbol.

From there, Welch went on to see much success as a movie star in the 1960s and 1970s, earning a Golden Globe for her role in The Three Musketeers in 1974.

In 1995, Welch was named one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in Film History in an issue of Empire magazine, and was ranked No. 3 in Playboy’s 100 Sexiest Stars of the 20th Century.

Raquel Welch was cemented as an international sex symbol with her role in One Million Years BC

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Raquel Welch, who gained international fame in the 1960s, has died at the age of 82

 Welch was born on September 1940, and was married four times throughout her life,

She was married to James Welch from 1959 to 1964, Patrick Curtis from 1967 to 1972, Andre Weinfeld from 1980 to 1990, and Richard Palmer from 1999 to 2004, with whom she has two children Tahnee and Damon Welch.