She was the essence of style, sex appeal, and Hollywood glamour. Actress Raquel Welch died Wednesday, after a brief illness, at the age of 82. Born in Chicago to a Bolivian-born father and ...

Raquel Welch, an actress who rose to fame as a sex symbol during the 1960s, died Wednesday after a brief illness, EW can confirm. She was 82. Born Jo Raquel Tejada in Chicago in 1940, Welch entered ...

Born Jo-Raquel Tejada on Sept. 5, 1940, in Chicago, Welch was the oldest of three children. Her father was a Bolivian-born aeronautical engineer who moved his family to San Diego when Welch was a ...