Hollywood actress Raquel Welch has died aged 82. Welch passed away on Wednesday morning following a brief illness, her manager has confirmed.
The film star became an international sex symbol in the 1960s before going on to win a Golden Globe Award for her performance in 1974's The Three Musketeers and was nominated again in 1987 for the film Right to Die. She also won acclaim for earlier appearances in One Million Years BC and Fathom.
Born in 1940 in Chicago Illinois, the American was one of the most recognisable faces on the big screen in the 60s and 70s. Stills of her wearing a skimpy two-piece deer-skin bikini turned her into a leading pin-up girl of the era.
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She leaves behind two children.
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