The Oscars’ annual In Memoriam segment on Sunday included a live performance of the song “Calling All Angels” by Lenny Kravitz.
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Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, Music Shep Gordon, the longtime manager of Alice Cooper, also known affectionately as “Supermensch” (the title of a 2013 documentary about him), appeared at the Pollstar Live! conference in Los Angeles Tuesday and shared a revealing story about his former client Raquel Welch. The actress, who died last week at the age of 82, was actually quite prudish, Gordon explained, but “her appeal was sex.” The two worked together for five years straddling the end of the 1970s and beginning of the ’80s, a time when Welch’s career had reached a crossroads. The solution seemed to be a Las Vegas show, which Ann-Margret had executed successfully, drawing an audience of wives with husbands in tow. Similarly, what man wouldn’t want to see a scantily clad Welch in the flesh? The formula worked, but after a three-year residency at Caesars Palace, Welch’s contract was close to expiring and Gordon had to step in.
As Gordon himself described it: “She gave me permission to tell this story before she passed, so I’m not talking out of school. We had reached the point where business was going down at Caesars Palace. Raquel was a single mom raising two children and her career in film was not gigantic. She had been a sex star but didn’t have a lot of credits going, so she wasn’t earning a lot of money. And we got a very lucrative contract with Caesars Palace that, after the third year or fourth year, the contract was running out. And Caesars said, “I don’t think we’re going to renew unless you can do something like a TV special or a hit record. We need something else.” HBO had just gone on the air maybe a few years prior, and I had been been trying to sell them Blondie specials or Teddy Pendergrass specials.
The Oscars’ annual In Memoriam segment on Sunday included a live performance of the song “Calling All Angels” by Lenny Kravitz.
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Stella Stevens, who starred in such films as “The Nutty Professor”, “The Poseidon Adventure” and alongside Elvis Presley in “Girls! Girls! Girls!”, has died. She was 84.
Raquel Welch passed away this week at the age of 82. The actress, who was the daughter of Bolivian man and one of Hollywood’s most iconic sex symbols, was known for her captivating onscreen presence, and for her look in “One Million Years B.C.”, a B-epic that shows her wearing leopard print bathing suit. Emily Ratajkowski and Eric Andre go Insta official in a bare-all postJo-Raquel Tejada, Raquel Welch iconic moments in picturesThe film remains influential to this day, mostly because of her stunning looks.
Raquel Welch‘s final public sighting, six months before her death Wednesday at the age of 82, show the “Fantastic Voyage” actress getting a manicure in July 2022.Welch was snapped heading into the Beverly Hills nails and waxing salon J&J Beauty Lounge, where she was spotted flipping through magazines and, at times, experiencing pain as an employee wearing pink glasses and a blue face mask buffed her fingernails before painting them a light color.It was a rare sighting of Welch, who has maintained a lower profile in recent years following a prolific acting career.In the photos, the 1960s sex symbol sports large gold hoop earrings, a white long sleeve shirt, black pants, black open-toed sandals and a straw fedora hat, which she took off for the manicure.An unidentified friend accompanied Welch on the visit, and they held hands outside the salon.AdvertisementThe Post reached out to the beauty lounge for comment Thursday.Welch’s rep confirmed her death Wednesday in a statement to the Post, saying, “Raquel Welch, the legendary bombshell actress of film, television and stage, passed away peacefully early this morning after a brief illness.”“The 82-year-old actress burst into Hollywood in her initial roles in [‘One Million Years B.C.’] and ‘Fantastic Voyage.’ Her career spanned over 50 years starring in over 30 films and 50 television series and appearances. The Golden Globe winner, in more recent years, was involved in a very successful line of wigs.
Hollywood star and “legendary bombshell” Raquel Welch has died at the age of 82. The American actress and model rose to fame after starring in Fantastic Voyage and One Million Years BC in 1966, despite only having a small number of lines in the latter. Her performance in One Million Years BC garnered viewer attention after she donned a now-infamous deerskin bikini, going on to become regarded as a major sex symbol.
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Tributes have been pouring in around the world after it was revealed that Raquel Welch had passed away at age 82 on Wednesday.
U. S. actress Raquel Welch died Wednesday at age 82 in Los Angeles of "a brief illness," her representative, Stece Sauer, said in a statement.
Hollywood is mourning the death of actress Raquel Welch. The superstar, who catapulted to fame in the 1960s with "Fantastic Voyage" and "One Million Years B.C.," died Wednesday at the age of 82, her rep, Steve Sauer, confirmed to Fox News Digital. "Raquel Welch, the legendary bombshell actress of film, television and stage, passed away peacefully early this morning after a brief illness," Sauer said.
Raquel Welch, the Golden Globe-winning actress and Bonafide bombshell, died Wednesday at the age of 82 following a brief illness. While her roles, including , and more made her an icon on screen over the last 50 years, her love life helped cement her bombshell status as well. In the wake of her death, ET is taking a look back at her four marriages to James Welch, Patrick Curtis, André Weinfeld and Richard Palmer.
died Wednesday following a short illness, was known for her jaw-dropping fashion moments, starting with the fur bikini she sported in “One Million Years B.C.”Despite being glamorized as a sex symbol, the 82-year-old mother of two famously revealed that her on-screen persona was not who she was meant to be.“My family was very conservative, and I had a traditional upbringing. I was not brought up to be a sex symbol, nor is it in my nature to be one.
Hollywood star Raquel Welch has died at the age of 82. The star, who appeared in films including Fantastic Voyage and One Million Years BC, died on Wednesday (15 February) following a “brief illness”. Welch’s rep confirmed the news to ABC, writing: “The legendary bombshell actress of film, television and stage, passed away peacefully early this morning after a brief illness.
Actress and international sex symbol Raquel Welch has died at the age of 82.
Actress Raquel Welch died on Wednesday following a brief illness, her rep confirmed. Welch, who rose to international fame in the 1960s, was 82.
died on Wednesday due to a brief illness at age 82.Her reps confirmed her passing to The Post: “Raquel Welch, the legendary bombshell actress of film, television and stage, passed away peacefully early this morning after a brief illness. The 82-year-old actress burst into Hollywood in her initial roles in ‘One Million, B.C’ and ‘Fantastic Voyage.’ Her career spanned over 50 years starring in over 30 films and 50 television series and appearances.
Farewell to an icon. Raquel Welch, known for her roles in Fantastic Voyage and Bedazzled, has died at age 82.