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The actress rose to fame with her role in the 1966 hit ‘One Million Years B.C.’

Her curves and beauty captured pop culture attention, with Playboy crowning her the 'most desired woman' of the '70s, and graced the No. 2 spot on Men's Health's 'Hottest Women of All Time' list in 2013.

Raquel 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, has died. She was 82.

Welch's breakthrough came in 1966's campy prehistoric flick One Million Years B.C., despite having a grand total of three lines. Clad in a brown doeskin bikini, she successfully evaded pterodactyls but not the notice of the public.

Raquel 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, has died. She was 82.

Welch died early Wednesday after a brief illness

Welch died early Wednesday after a brief illness

Welch died early Wednesday after a brief illness

Welch died early Wednesday after a brief illness

Welch died early Wednesday after a brief illness