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Raquel Welch, an international film icon and arguably the most famous graduate of La Jolla High School, died Feb. 15, according to her management company, Media Four. She was 82.


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Jo Raquel Welch ( née Tejada; September 5, 1940 - February 15, 2023) was an American actress. Welch first garnered attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966), after which she signed a long-term contract with 20th Century Fox.


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On leaving La Jolla high school, San Diego, in 1958, she won a scholarship to study theatre arts at San Diego state college, but dropped out after a year to marry James Welch and became a weather.


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Raquel Welch: From La Jolla beginnings to Hollywood Legend By Ron Jones Historically, every generation have folk who achieve notoriety because of their meaningful societal contributions: political leadership, athletic ability, literary accomplishment, and notable entertainment, reaching a level of general appreciation, even admiration by many.


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"Raquel Welch, the legendary bombshell actress of film, television and stage, passed away peacefully early this morning after a brief illness," said a statement from Media Four. "Her career.


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Welch was born Jo-Raquel Tejada in Chicago and raised in La Jolla, California. (The Jo in her name was from her mother, Josephine). Welch was a divorced mother when she met ex-actor turned press.


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Welch was born Jo-Raquel Tejada in Chicago and raised in La Jolla, California. (The Jo in her name was from her mother, Josephine). Welch was a divorced mother when she met ex-actor turned press.


1958 Raquel Welch (Tejada) high school yearbook, La Jolla, San Diego

SAN DIEGO — The entertainment world is mourning the death of actress Raquel Welch, who was a longtime San Diegan. Welch was born Jo Raquel Tejada in 1940. She moved to La Jolla from Chicago with.


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Welch grew up in an unsettled home in the La Jolla section of San Diego, later recalling that her father had a sharp temper and often lashed out at her mother.. Raquel Welch, born 5 September.


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She grew up in La Jolla, California. Raquel Welch attends the 16th Costume Designers Guild Awards on Feb. 22, 2014 in Beverly Hills, California. Christopher Polk/Getty Images


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He banned speaking Spanish at home, and raised his family in La Jolla, California, removed from other Latino families.. Raquel Welch accepts the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 16th Annual.


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CBS 8's one time weatherwoman Raquel Welch dies | cbs8.com Right Now San Diego, CA » 41° Welch appeared on our "Sun Up" program in 1960. Then, she returned to KFMB in 2010, over 50 years.


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Photos from The San Diego Union-Tribune archives show the late actress before her worldwide fame. Photos from The San Diego Union-Tribune archives show Raquel Welch during her days in La Jolla.


Raquel Welch, international film icon and La Jolla High School alumna

Raquel (Tejada) Welch was the head cheerleader during her senior year at La Jolla High. PHOTO COURTESY OF LJHS While a student at La Jolla High, where she graduated with honors in 1958, she won the titles of Miss La Jolla and Miss San Diego — the Fairest of the Fair. No stranger to beauty pageants, Welch began winning pageants at age 14.


Hollywood actress Raquel Welch passes away at 82

Raquel Welch, the voluptuous movie actress who became the 1960s' first major American sex symbol and maintained that image for a half-century in show business, died on Wednesday at her home in.


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Actress Raquel Welch—formerly Raquel Tejada—who passed away Wednesday at age 82, knew growing up in La Jolla she wanted a professional acting career. She told the Evening Tribune in 1958.