Hollywood actress Raquel Welch has died at the age of 82.
She passed away peacefully early this morning after a brief illness, her management company said.
She has two children – son Damon and daughter Tahnee.
In 1975, Welch won a Golden Globe for his role in The Three Musketeers.
In 1966, she had her first breakthroughs in the sci-fi adventure film Fantastic Voyage and the prehistoric drama series One Million Years B.C.
Her appearance in the latter is one of her most famous roles, despite only a few lines of dialogue.
Her only clothing is a buckskin bikini.
Welch at the London premiere of Flight of the Phoenix in 1966.Image: Associated Press
A promotional photo of her in both works became the best-selling poster.
In 2011, Time magazine ranked it number six on its list of “Top 10 Bikinis in Pop Culture”.
In addition to her acting career, Welch was also considered a sex symbol, with Playboy magazine calling her the “Most Popular Woman” of the 1970s.
Other screen credits in the late 1960s and early 1970s included starring roles in Bedazzled, Bandolero!, 100
Rifles, Myra Breckenridge and Hannie Calder.
She also made numerous TV appearances from 1964 to 2017, and in the early 1980s, she appeared on Broadway in the New York Stage Woman of the Year alongside Lauren Bacall.
Raquel Welch at the pre-Grammy Awards in Beverly Hills in 2008
Her agency, Media Four, said in a statement: “Legendary heavyweight actress Raquel Welch of film, television and stage passed away peacefully early this morning after a brief illness.
“Her career spanned more than 50 years, appearing in and starring in more than 30 films and more than 50 TV series.
“In recent years, the Golden Globe winner has been involved in a very successful wig line.
“Raquel is survived by her two children, son Damon Welch and daughter Tahnee Welch.”