# Raquel Welch has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [February 15, 2023, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-has-died/979852 "2023-02-15T21:02:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-has-died/979852/1 "2023-02-15T21:02:42Z")
> **[Raquel Welch Dead at 82](https://www.tmz.com/2023/02/15/raquel-welch-actress-model-dead-dies-82/)** > > Raquel Welch, who paved the way as both an actress and international sex symbol has died ... TMZ has learned. ‘According to family members, Raquel died this morning after a brief illness.’ ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-has-died/979852/2 "2023-02-15T21:11:31Z")
Some other links: > **[Raquel Welch, ‘One Million Years B.C.’ and ‘Three Musketeers’ Icon, Dies at 82](https://variety.com/2023/film/news/raquel-welch-dead-one-million-years-bc-three-musketeers-actor-1235524180/)** > > Raquel Welch, the actor who became an icon and sex symbol thanks to films like “One Million Years B.C.” and “Three Musketeers,” died Wednesday in Los Angeles after a brief i… > **[Raquel Welch, actress and Hollywood sex symbol, dead at 82](https://www.npr.org/2023/02/15/1157263420/raquel-welch-actress-and-hollywood-sex-symbol-dead-at-82)** > > Welch is best known for her roles in Fantastic Voyage and One Million Years B.C. She is survived by her son and daughter. > **[Raquel Welch, Actress and ’60s Sex Symbol, Is Dead at 82](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/15/movies/raquel-welch-dead.html)** > > Beginning with a doeskin bikini in “One Million Years B.C.,” she built a celebrated show business career around sex appeal and, sometimes, a comic touch. > **[Raquel Welch - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000079/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1)** > > Raquel Welch. Actress: The Three Musketeers. A new reigning '60s international sex symbol took to the cinematic throne as soon as Raquel Welch emerged from the sea in her purposely depleted, furry prehistoric bikini. Tantalizingly wet with her garb... I had the impression she had a much stronger status as a sex symbol than as an actress. How good of an actress was she? ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-has-died/979852/3 "2023-02-15T21:28:45Z")
Damn. This is starting to get serious. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-has-died/979852/4 "2023-02-15T21:30:07Z")
Oh no! She was a favorite. Rest in Peace, Raquel. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-has-died/979852/5 "2023-02-15T21:33:08Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > Damn. > This is starting to get serious. I know. First Jeff Beck, then David Crosby and now Raquel. Give it a rest, aging celebrities, why don’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Tride](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tride/32/13907_2.png) [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-has-died/979852/6 "2023-02-15T21:42:07Z")
They are? ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-has-died/979852/7 "2023-02-15T21:46:13Z")
RIP Fuzzy Britches. [![](https://imgc.artprintimages.com/img/print/raquel-welch-one-million-years-b-c-1966-directed-by-don-chaffey_u-l-q1blnat0.jpg?artHeight=900&artPerspective=n&artWidth=900&background=fbfbfb) ](https://imgc.artprintimages.com/img/print/raquel-welch-one-million-years-b-c-1966-directed-by-don-chaffey_u-l-q1blnat0.jpg?artHeight=900&artPerspective=n&artWidth=900&background=fbfbfb) What a woman! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-has-died/979852/8 "2023-02-15T21:49:20Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > I had the impression she had a much stronger status as a sex symbol than as an actress. How good of an actress was she? I think that that’s an accurate impression, at least of what her reputation was, particularly early in her career, when she was primarily in roles (and movies) specifically for her looks. She did win a Golden Globe, for _The Three Musketeers_ (1974), though that was primarily a comedic role, and her character was a sexy airhead (so, she was playing to type). Later in her career, she was nominated for another Golden Globe, this time for a dramatic role in a TV movie (_Right to Die_, 1987), and received critical praise for her acting there. But, largely, she played light roles, usually playing to her image. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-has-died/979852/9 "2023-02-15T21:52:59Z")
She was a sex symbol, and she knew it. She tried serious acting a bit, but it didn’t pan out. Let us not forget she played the role of Lust in _Bedazzled_, which Peter Cook and Dudley Moore wanted to just name _Raquel Welch is Lust_! ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-has-died/979852/10 "2023-02-15T22:27:36Z")
She also appeared on The Muppet Show and sang a duet with Miss Piggy. So definitely a sex symbol. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-has-died/979852/11 "2023-02-15T22:50:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Let us not forget she played the role of Lust in _Bedazzled_, which Peter Cook and Dudley Moore wanted to just name _Raquel Welch is Lust_! Hot toast or buttered buns? She’s undoubtedly the best of the personifications of the seven deadly sins in that film, and the only name in the cast that Americans would have known. I thought she did her main scene, breakfast in bed with Stanley Moon, with panache (all I remember from her other appearances in the film was some dispirited dancing). Her other movie I liked was her playing basically herself (with an added twist of being, I think, something of a kleptomaniac) in The Last of Sheila. She was very believable. I hope she invested her salaries and residuals well, and had a comfortable retirement. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-has-died/979852/12 "2023-02-15T23:47:14Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > I hope she invested her salaries and residuals well, and had a comfortable retirement According to this [link](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/raquel-welch-left-behind-legacy-152054576.html) her net worth was around $40 million when she died. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-has-died/979852/13 "2023-02-16T00:33:38Z")
Never much of an actress in her prime, but it never seemed to matter. Along with _One Million Years BC_, _Bedazzled_ and the Musketeers movies, she’s okay in _Fantastic Voyage_ - though she doesn’t have much to do besides get attacked by antibodies - and _Animal_ (1977), a silly French comedy about movie stuntpeople with some good bits (and homophobic “humor”). Her outdoor shower scene in _100 Rifles_ (1969) should have been a showstopper, but she wore clothes (WTF?) Her finest performance imo is _The Magic Christian_ (1969), though it’s only a cameo; and while _Myra Breckinridge_ (1970) is a terrible movie, I think its awfulness has overshadowed Ms. Welch’s fine comic performance, arguably her best leading role sans dinosaurs. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-has-died/979852/14 "2023-02-16T00:38:10Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Her other movie I liked was her playing basically herself (with an added twist of being, I think, something of a kleptomaniac) in The Last of Sheila. She was very believable. Yes, she conveyed a rueful sadness at her character’s reputation in the business (as in life, as being more a ‘sex symbol’ than an actress). A nice performance. Condolences to her family, friends, and fans. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-has-died/979852/15 "2023-02-16T00:59:05Z")
She probably never contributed to the SDMB, but really there was no better poster. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-has-died/979852/16 "2023-02-16T01:04:59Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Her other movie I liked was her playing basically herself (with an added twist of being, I think, something of a kleptomaniac) in The Last of Sheila. She was very believable. Funny, having seen that as an adolescent, I remembered Dyan Cannon as the hottie from that flick! I enjoyed Raquel’s role in Seinfeld, tho it didn’t require great acting chops. ---
**Author:** ![ZamboniAce1000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/f19dbf/32.png) [@ZamboniAce1000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZamboniAce1000)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-has-died/979852/17 "2023-02-16T01:28:44Z")
I liked her playing the wronged woman in the old west who was out for revenge, as in “Hannie Calder” (with Robert Culp as her mentor and Ernest Borgnine chewing the scenery as the bad guy), “100 Rifles” (with Burt Reynolds and ex-football star Jim Brown), and “Bandolero” (with Jimmy Stewart and Dean Martin). The R-rated outdoor shower scene in “100 Rifles” really carbonated my youthful hormones. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-has-died/979852/18 "2023-02-16T02:14:34Z")
I liked her as a mean-spirited bitch in _ **Seinfeld** _. RIP! ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-has-died/979852/19 "2023-02-16T02:24:29Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > She probably never contributed to the SDMB, but really there was no better poster. You. 😃 * * * Raquel Welch’s death caught me a little sideways. I was a kid when I became aware of her, and I credit her with sparking my awareness that sexuality was _a thing_. To go from there to her demise was a jolt. RIP, pretty lady. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-has-died/979852/20 "2023-02-16T03:44:22Z")
I remember Raquel Welch early movies. They were entertaining at the time. RIP [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-has-died/979852.md?page=2)