So beautiful .....
R.I.P. Raquel Welch
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A dream gal at any age.
RIP
RIP
Wow...... Never saw that coming...
Rest In Peace Lovely Lady......
Rest In Peace Lovely Lady......
83 yrs old. She had a great run. May she RIP
Oh no! That's so sad. If you're of a certain age (that's to say: old) she was your major crush as a kid. Who can ever forget ...
And while she's probably most famous for that loin cloth bikini, the first time I ever saw her was in 1966's Fantastic Voyage! Great sci-fi movie and best looking scientist ... Ever!
And then of course, a few years later with Ringo and Pete Sellers in The Magic Christian.
What's kind of funny is how some of those outfits - so risque at the time - seem so tame now. There's not a pop-tart starlet working today that doesn't take it further than Raquel ever did.
There were other movies too, some better than others. I still sort of enjoy Kansas City Bomber (her roller derby movie) and Myra Breckinridge (so bad it's ... good? No, it's just bad. But Raquel looks fabulous!).
Sorry to hear she's gone. She's a legend. RIP Ms Welch.
And while she's probably most famous for that loin cloth bikini, the first time I ever saw her was in 1966's Fantastic Voyage! Great sci-fi movie and best looking scientist ... Ever!
And then of course, a few years later with Ringo and Pete Sellers in The Magic Christian.
What's kind of funny is how some of those outfits - so risque at the time - seem so tame now. There's not a pop-tart starlet working today that doesn't take it further than Raquel ever did.
There were other movies too, some better than others. I still sort of enjoy Kansas City Bomber (her roller derby movie) and Myra Breckinridge (so bad it's ... good? No, it's just bad. But Raquel looks fabulous!).
Sorry to hear she's gone. She's a legend. RIP Ms Welch.
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While I knew she was a sex symbol, I think her heyday was before my awareness. RIP.
Her daughter Tahnee OTOH. Loved her in Cocoon and afterwards. (Interesting fact, according to Wikipedia - Raquel, her husband James and all the children had the surname Welch. Husband takes wife's last name. Very advanced for the early 60s! (Or cynical, since Raquel's birth name was Jo Raquel Tejada.)
Her daughter Tahnee OTOH. Loved her in Cocoon and afterwards. (Interesting fact, according to Wikipedia - Raquel, her husband James and all the children had the surname Welch. Husband takes wife's last name. Very advanced for the early 60s! (Or cynical, since Raquel's birth name was Jo Raquel Tejada.)
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Synchromatic
RIP. What a beauty.
RIP.
DavyH
Gretschie
A stunning role in "The Shawshank Redemption", and she made in onto "Seinfeld", too! 
nickurso
Gretschified
Very sad
RIP.
Raquel once auditioned for the role of Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island.
Raquel once auditioned for the role of Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island.
What a woman! May she truly rest in peace. She was definitely one of my first crushes as a young lad, very talented and amazingly beautiful.
My first exposure to Raquel was as a guest star on Sabrina the Teenage Witch in the mid-90s.
Obviously she was an “it” girl in the 60s and 70s, but I’m not afraid to admit that I thought she was SMOKING on this show!
And I was only about 14 years old! Haha
Obviously she was an “it” girl in the 60s and 70s, but I’m not afraid to admit that I thought she was SMOKING on this show!
And I was only about 14 years old! Haha
Awsome role as Fuzzy Britches.A stunning role in "The Shawshank Redemption", and she made in onto "Seinfeld", too!
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Friend of Fred
That probably would have ended the Ginger Vs. Mary Ann debate. Ginger was formidable, but come on.
I don't think that there was room for two Ginger-type characters, but it would have been a close race, so to speak (IMO). But I like girls like Mary Ann, so I am biased.
