NEW YORK — Raquel Welch, whose emergence from the sea in a skimpy, furry bikini in the film “One Million Years B.C.” would propel her to international sex symbol status throughout the 1960s and ’70s, has died. She was 82. Welch died early Wednesday after a brief illness, according to
Raquel Welch was a s x icon in Hollywood, but she was also a smart businesswoman who proved herself in the field. In 2023, when she died at age 82, her estimated net worth was $40 million
Her curves and beauty captured pop culture attention, with Playboy crowning her the 'most desired woman' of the '70s, and graced the No. 2 spot on Men's Health's 'Hottest Women of All Time' list in 2013.