Raquel Welch: How did she die? Cause of death revealed

Renowned actress Raquel Welch was pronounced dead on February 15, 2023. The two-time Golden Globe nominee would die of a heart attack at the age of 82.

Cause of Raquel Welch’s death

It was revealed in Raquel’s death certificate that Raquel also battled Alzheimer’s disease. This came as a shock to fans, as the fact that Raquel was battling Alzheimer’s disease was never revealed before. Raquel’s family has described the cause of her death as a “short-term illness.” Raquel’s last public sighting was in July 2022, when she decided to treat herself to a manicure in Beverly Hills. Welch has two son, Damon, 63, and a daughter, Tahnee, 61.

Raquel’s previously said she almost died

Raquel became popular because of the 1966 movie “One Million Years BC”. After this movie, she was recognized as a sex symbol. In the movie, he appeared in a white and red skimpy deerskin bikini, which earned her the title. Raquel opened up about how filming wasn’t much fun for her because she had to wear a bikini that barely kept her warm, even in harsh weather.

She described how she “almost died from it.” “I was already on so much penicillin when I wore the fur bikini that I almost died,” she said in a 2017 interview. , hop on the elevator, and all that.”

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“And I barely got there. They had to shoot me with an antidote. Otherwise I would have been dead. It was a really rough shoot, man. Really rough. And then I came to London and everyone knew who I was,” she added

Raquel Welch’s Career

Raquel was a proud winner of a Golden Globe award for best actress she won for ‘The Three Musketeers’ where she played Constance de Bonacieux. Welch was also included in Empire magazine’s 1995 list of the “100 Sexiest Stars in Movie History”. In addition, she was ranked third in Playboy’s “100 Sexiest Stars of the 20th Century”.

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