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Golden Globe-winning actress Raquel Welch dies at 82

While a student at La Jolla High School, Raquel Tejada won the Fairest of the Fair beauty pageant at the San Diego County Fair in 1958. She later gained fame as actress Raquel Welch, but not before winning the Miss San Diego contest and placing second in the Miss Southern California pageant. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Actor Raquel Welch, whose role in the 1966 film “One Million Years B.C.” shot her to stardom and cemented her status as a sex symbol, has died, according to NBC News.

She was 82.

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Welch passed Wednesday morning following a brief illness, the company, Media Four, said in a statement.

The star burst into Hollywood in her initial roles in “One Million Years B.C” and “Fantastic Voyage.” Welch won a Golden Globe in 1975 for best actress in a musical/comedy for her role in “The Three Musketeers.” She was nominated in 1988 for best actress in a limited series for her role in “Right to Die.”

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