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Raquel Welch, the 1960s actress and earthy, dark-haired sex symbol who came to personify lust itself after wearing a deerskin bikini for the film “One Million Years B.C.,” died Feb. 15 at her home in Los Angeles.
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Jan. 20, 1966
Actor James Stewart meets Welch at the world premiere of "The Flight of the Phoenix" at the Carlton Theater in London. At right is Hardy Kruger, who also appeared in the film.
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Laurence Harris/AP
March 14, 1966
Welch attends the Royal Film Performance at the Hammersmith Odeon in London.
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Leonard Burt/Getty Images
May 20, 1966
Welch presents the special prize from the jury to Orson Welles for his acting in and directing for "Chimes at Midnight" at the Cannes International Film Festival.
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Jean Jacques Levy/AP
Ms. Welch was first known for appearing in the 1966 science fiction film “Fantastic Voyage,” as a scientist who is shrunk to the size of a microbe. Later that year, she starred as a cave-dwelling woman named Loana in “One Million Years B.C.,” a British adventure fantasy with John Richardson. She hardly spoke in the film — in one scene she was terrorized by a giant primordial bird — but was launched to international fame after the release of a publicity photo that showed her wearing a tattered animal skin, gazing into the distance with her hair falling past her shoulders.
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Welch and John Richardson star in the 1966 film "One Million Years B.C.," which helped launch Welch to stardom.
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Moviestore/Shutterstock
April 7, 1967
Welch and actor Rock Hudson attend the Screen Publicists luncheon at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.
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David Smith/AP
Dec. 21, 1967
Welch and Bob Hope appear at a news conference at Da Nang, South Vietnam, before one of Hope's annual Christmas specials.
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Phuoc/AP
April 27, 1969
Welch throws up her hands in dismay as it begins to rain during a party at the Dorchester Hotel in London.
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AP
Jan. 15, 1970
Welch, in Paris for a television program, was a magnet for photographers.
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Michel Lipchitz/AP
Jan. 8, 1971
Welch with her husband, Patrick Curtis, in London.
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Central Press/ Getty Images
April 10, 1972
Welch arrives with New York Jets star Joe Namath at the Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.
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AP
Welch sang as part of a nightclub act in Las Vegas for many years.
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AP
Feb. 4, 1976
Welch speaks at a press conference in Paris, with singer Charles Aznavour, left.
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Jean-Jacques Levy/AP
Nov. 12,1981
Welch, rehearses for her two-week role filling in for the vacationing Lauren Bacall, in Broadway's "Woman of the Year" in New York.
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Angel Franco/AP
July 3, 1982
Welch, starring in "Woman of the Year," poses with sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Saipan and a few Marines in New York.
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David Handschuh/AP
Sept. 14, 1984
Welch promotes her new book of physical fitness, titled "Raquel," at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
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Suzanne Vlamis/AP
Sept. 21, 1984
Welch reacts to the attentions of New York City Mayor Ed Koch during a news conference to establish a New York Vietnam Memorial.
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Marty Lederhandler/AP
Sept. 20, 1987
Welch poses backstage at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.
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Doug Pizac/AP
Dec. 2, 1987
Welch mingles with Little Richard during a press conference for the "Boston Against AIDS" concert.
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Elise Amendola/AP
April 25, 1988
Welch and her husband, André Weinfeld, arrive for a concert at Lincoln Center in New York.
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Ron Haviv/AFP/Getty Images
June 8, 1996
Welch waves as she sits next to her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Reed Saxon/AP
April 21, 2010
Welch signs copies of her book "Raquel: Beyond the Cleavage" at Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena, Calif.
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Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 16, 2013
Welch walks the red carpet at the Governors Awards in Los Angeles.
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John Shearer/Invision/AP
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