In this file photo taken on April 21, 2010, US actress Raquel Welch signs copies of her book “Raquel: Beyond the Cleavage” at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena, California. (File photo by ROBYN BECK / Agence France-Presse)
LOS ANGELES – Raquel Welch, the US actress who became an international sex symbol after appearing in a deerskin bikini in “One Million Years BC,” died Wednesday, her manager said. She was 82.
Welch’s manager said in an emailed statement to AFP that she had died peacefully early on Wednesday morning after “a brief illness,” without providing further details.
The Golden Globe winner starred in more than 30 films — including “Fantastic Voyage” and “The Three Musketeers” — as well as some 50 television series in a career spanning five decades.
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