Inside Legendary Sex Symbol Raquel Welch’s Final Days

and tributes are pouring in today for Raquel Welch, who passed away at age 82. Reese Witherspoon, who worked with her on Legally Long, called her glamorous beyond belief. As Jim Array reports, the last few years she's lived a reclusive life. We're learning more about the final days of legendary sex symbol, Raquel Welch. She passed away here at her home in a ritzy neighborhood in the hills above Los Angeles. Her death comes after a short illness. It caught the world by surprise because few people knew she was sick.

In recent years, Welch had become somewhat of a recluse, rarely leaving her home. Her spokesman released a statement saying she passed away peacefully after a brief illness. Of all the things she'll be remembered for, it's that iconic bikini from the movie that made her an international sensation in 1966, one million years BC. It was custom made for her using dough skin. The designer cut it to her curves. It was trimmed in fur. So where's the bikini today? Welch says she kept it all these years in a safe place.

That bikini has been influential. Time Magazine calls it one of the top 10 bikinis in popular culture. I know we're caught up. There's Beyonce with Destiny's Child paying tribute to it in their survivor music video, prolicking in fur bikinis. He's lost the value. When her screen career dimmed, Miss Welch? She pivoted to product endorsement. She had a line of wigs and who better to model them? Raquel Welch, a life well lived.

Indeed it was. And here's something you may not know. Miss Welch had an IQ of 140, which is in the genius range.

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