LOS ANGELES: US actress Raquel Welch has died at the age of 82 after a short illness, her management told German news agency dpa.
Born Jo Raquel Tejada in Chicago in 1940, her breakthrough came in 1966 with ‘One Million Years B.C.’
She worked with Hollywood greats including James Stewart, Frank Sinatra, John Huston and Burt Reynolds.
Her talent for comedy was recognised with a Golden Globe for Best Comedy Actress for ‘The Three Musketeers’. – BERNAMA
