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Raquel Welch secretly battled devastating disease before her death

Actress Raquel Welch suffered a devastating disorder that contributed to her death at age 82, it has been revealed.

The New Daily

Actor Raquel Welch's cause of death includes revelation of Alzheimer's diagnosis

LOS ANGELES — A cardiac arrest last month led to the immediate death of international icon Raquel Welch, who also suffered from Alzheimer's disease for years.

Los Angeles Times

Raquel Welch cause of death reveals star died of cardiac arrest after undisclosed Alzheimer’s battle

The actress died aged 82 on February 15 following ‘a brief illness’, her manager said at the time

Evening Standard

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Raquel Welch's cause of death revealed after she died following a 'brief illness'

Fantastic Voyage and One Million Years B.C. star Raquel Welch died in February at the age of 82, with tributes flocking in for the actress from across the globe

Daily Mirror

Letter: Raquel Welch obituary

Tom Stubbs writes: She had a considerable flair for comedy

The Guardian - UK

Raquel Welch: Box-office bombshell who took Hollywood by storm

Her role in 1966’s ‘One Million Years BC’ catapulted her to stardom and led to a glittering career spanning five decades

The Independent UK

You Need to Watch The Most Bonkers '60s Sci-Fi Movie Before It Leaves HBO Max Next Week

Slide, slide, slippity-slide. Time to hit up 'Fantastic Voyage.' Here's why this 1966 Raquel Welch sci-fi movie is essential viewing.

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Day icon Raquel Welch told of sex in cars and why she never went topless in career

Her home was part museum, part shrine to her then quarter-century as a star. Not that she had worked much in movies since her heyday in the 60s and early 70s, having been denounced by the industry as too high-maintenance

Daily Mirror

Is Kim Kardashian today's Raquel Welch? A host on 'The View' says yes, audience disagrees

"The View" audience made one thing clear this week: Kim Kardashian is no Raquel Welch.

Los Angeles Times

Panto legend Twink reveals her late mother made a suit for 'Hollywood royalty' Raquel Welch

The actress spotted the white suit on Twink and asked where she could get her own

Irish Mirror

The View audience rebukes host Sunny Hostin for comparing Raquel Welch to Kim Kardashian

‘The audience is turning,’ fellow host Joy Behar quipped

The Independent UK

Michael Phillips: Raquel Welch was the star who came in from the Chicago cold

CHICAGO — Raquel Welch died Wednesday at the age of 82. From her teenage pageant years onward, her career was defined and in many ways confined by a gilded cage of marketable, exploitable beauty, sold primarily to men who couldn’t quite believe their eyes.

Chicago Tribune

Hollywood legend Raquel Welch pictured having glam manicure in final photos before death

The final photos of Raquel Welch taken out in public months before her death show the star having a manicure

Daily Mirror

The View audience fume after host Sunny compares Kim Kardashian to Raquel Welch

The View descended into chaos this morning as the audience fumed at host Sunny Hostin for comparing Kim Kardashian to the late Raquel Welch

Daily Mirror

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Bruce Willis diagnosed with dementia, Tesla's 'full self-driving' recall, and Vivienne Westwood's star-studded memorial — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happen.

Daily Mirror

Piers Morgan remembers Raquel Welch for cancelling on him for very rude reason

Piers Morgan has shared a tribute to the late Hollywood legend Raquel Welch just a day after it was announced the Fantastic Voyage star had died aged 82

Los Angeles Times

Raquel Welch was labeled a sex symbol. But she always knew she was much more than that

Raquel Welch was well aware that her work in the 1960s films "One Million Years B.C." and "Fantastic Voyage" made her an international sex symbol. But she was also determined to let Hollywood know there was more to her than her looks.

Los Angeles Times

Some of Raquel Welch's best films are hard to find. Here's where you can watch them

Raquel Welch, the 1960s international sex symbol whose acting career spanned more than half a century, died Wednesday at her home in Los Angeles. She was 82.

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The treasures of Notre Dame

Today on Encore, a glimpse of some of the incredible artworks saved from the devastating fire at Notre Dame Cathedral and now on display in a new exhibition at the Cité de l’architecture in Paris. Also on the programme; French Egyptian feminist artist Ghada Amer's first retrospective in France, more…

The Guardian - UK

Raquel Welch obituary

Star who shot to global fame in the 1960s in One Million Years BC and whose later roles showed her aptitude for comedy

Evening Standard

The life of Raquel Welch: Hollywood sex symbol and icon dies aged 82

Posing for Playboy but never going fully nude, suing MGM studio and being a successful businesswoman, Welch made a name for herself beyond her timeless beauty

Asharq Al-Awsat

'One Million Years BC' Actress Raquel Welch Dies at 82

Raquel Welch, the US actress who became an international sex symbol after appearing in a deerskin bikini in "One Million Years BC," died Wednesday, her manager said. She was 82. Welch "passed away peacefully" after "a brief illness," her manager said in an emailed statement to AFP, without providing further…

Evening Standard

Raquel Welch tributes: Reese Witherspoon leads tributes to ‘elegant and glamorous’ actress

Famous faces who knew and collaborated with the US actress shared fond memories after her death on Wednesday.

Irish Mirror

Reese Witherspoon leads Hollywood tributes as Raquel Welch dies after 'brief illness'

Reese Witherspoon and Viola Davis were among the stars joining the public in paying tribute to Raquel Welch, who has died at the age of 82

The Independent UK

Reese Witherspoon leads tributes to ‘elegant and glamorous’ Raquel Welch

Famous faces who knew and collaborated with the US actress shared fond memories after her death on Wednesday.

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