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The life of Raquel Welch, in photos

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  • Feb 15, 2023
  • Feb 15, 2023 Updated May 23, 2023
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Raquel Welch 1966

Hollywood actress Raquel Welch at the world premiere of The Flight of the Phoenix, at the Carlton Theatre, Haymarket in London, January 20, 1966. (AP Photo/Laurence Harris)

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Raquel Welch Rome

Hollywood actress Raquel Welch is shown arriving at Rome's Fiumicino airport April 19, 1966 to begin costume fitting for a film, "The Biggest Bundle of Them All", in which she will play the starting role opposite Italian actor-director Vittorio De Sica, Robert Wagner and Edward G. Robinson. Shooting of the suspense comedy begins May 2 in Naples. Other locations for the film will include Rome, Tarante and the French Riviera. (AP Photo)

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Italy Raquel Welch 1966

Young Hollywood actress Raquel Welch touches the beard Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni is growing for his role in a new film Shoot Loud, Louder....I Don't Understand, which will be shot in Rome under the direction of Italian playwright-actor-director Eduardo de Filippo and starring Welch and Mastroianni. The picture was taken June 15, 1966, during a party on the set of the film when the press were briefed about the picture and introduced to the principal actors and actresses. (AP Photo/Mario Torrisi)

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France Raquel Welch and Patrick Curtis

American actress Raquel Welch pictured with fiance producer Patrick Curtis in their room at Hotel Lancaster, Paris on February 13, 1967. (AP Photo/Eustache Cardenas)

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Hope Welch Vietnam

Film star Raquel Welch, left, and Bob Hope are shown at Da Nang, South Vietnam at a news conference Dec. 21, 1967. (AP Photo/Phuoc)

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Johnson Welch

American actress Raquel Welch, left, poses with her British co-star Richard Johnson in the new film "The Blooded," Aug. 4, 1970, in London. (AP Photo/Bob Dear)

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Raquel Welch Oscars 1975

Jon Voight, Fred Koenekamp and Raquel Welch at the Oscars in Los Angeles on April 8, 1975. (AP Photo)

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Raquel Welch

Rehearsing for her two-week role filling in for the vacationing Lauren Bacall in Broadway's " Woman of the Year ", Raquel Welch is shown the ropes in a New York rehearsal studio, November 12,1981, by: ( left to Right ) Ed Nolfi the dance captain, Sterling Clark and Paul Bogave, both cast members. Raquel Welch indicated that this role, short as it may be, could be a testing ground for her which might lead the way for her own Broadway show. ( AP Photo/ Angel Franco )

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Raquel Welch 1981

Actress Raquel Welch poses with a sketch of herself, Nov. 1981. She is appearing on Broadway in "Woman of the Year." (AP Photo)

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Raquel Welch 1982

Actress Raquel Welch is shown, Nov. 23, 1982. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Raquel Welch

Actress Raquel Welch performs a number from “The Act” at New York City’s Gershwin Theater, Sunday, June 4, 1984 during the 38th annual Tony Awards Ceremonies. (AP Photo/Richard E. Drew)

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Raquel Welch 1986
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Raquel Welch

An emotional Raquel Welch takes the stage after receiving an honor from the Associates for Breast and Prostate Cancer Studies' Mother's Day Luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., Tuesday, May 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

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Raquel Welch

Raquel Welch arrives at the 2013 Women In Film pre-emmy event at Scarpetta at the Montage Hotel on Friday, Sept. 20, 2013 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

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