'One Million Years BC' actress Raquel Welch dies at 82

Raquel Welch appears at the Los Angeles premiere of 'How to Be a Latin Lover' on April 26, 2017. Welch, whose emergence from the sea in a skimpy, furry bikini in the film 'One Million Years B.C.' would propel her to international sex symbol status throughout the 1960s and '70s, died early Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, after a brief illness. She was 82. – Photo: AP

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's manager said in an emailed statement to AFP that she had died peacefully early on Wednesday morning after "a brief illness", without providing further details.