Celebs are paying tribute to Raquel Welch, who passed away at the age of 82.
Longtime manager Steve Sauer of the actress told PEOPLE on Wednesday that she had “gone away quietly early this morning following a brief illness.”
“I was shocked to learn about Raquel Welch’s death. I cherished our collaboration in Legally Blonde, “A picture of Welch was posted on Twitter by Witherspoon, 46. “She was unbelievably classy, competent, and gorgeous. simply breathtaking May she be carried home by all her angels.”
In his social media eulogy, director Paul Feig stated that working with Welch was “a great pleasure” and that “we’ve lost a true icon.”
He wrote in a tweet, “This is very awful.” “When I was a regular on Sabrina the Teenage Witch, I had the pleasure of working with Ms. Welch, and she was fantastic. I was pretty much in love with this true rockstar for the majority of my life. He was kind, humorous, and amazing.”
A tweet from musician Tom Aspaul that stated, “I know she’s famous for bigger/more noteworthy things (essentially inventing the bikini) but for me, Shake Your Whammy Fanny is permanently etched on my brain” included a clip from the late ’90s adolescent sitcom Welch appeared in.
Antonio Sabato Jr., a former cast member of Melrose Place, praised her “great beauty grace & brilliance” in a tweet that also included a clip of her speaking on The Dick Cavett Show.
Welch “lit up cinema screens for years with her beauty and personality,” ABC News journalist Deborah Roberts noted in her tweet, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit actor Christopher Meloni expressed a similar sentiment. “Raquel Welch dying is a very bizarre emotion,” he merely wrote.
With breakthrough performances in 1966’s Fantastic Voyage and One Million Years B.C., Welch made her film debut in the middle of the 1960s.
“The news of the demise of iconic actress Raquel Welch, who played Loana in Ray Harryhausen’s classic 1966 film “One Million Years B.C.,” grieved us. a legendary part that gave rise to one of the most well-known movie posters ever. In this difficult time, our thoughts are with her family “They composed.
Welch went on to star in a large number of movies after that one, including 1973’s The Three Musketeers, for which she won a Golden Globe for best actress in a motion picture comedy or musical.
While hosting Saturday Night Live, Laraine Newman collaborated with Welch and described a nice moment they had.
The SNL veteran said: “I performed the role of Lina Wermuller in a sketch with Raquel Welch when she hosted Saturday Night Live. It was omitted because she preferred to sing a song, but a few years later, she sent me a postcard from Italy that was autographed by Wertmuller. Goodbye, sweet lady.”
By posting a picture of himself and Welch on Twitter as part of his tribute, actor Bruno Amato added a personal touch.
“This was 7 years ago,” said the Abbott Elementary actor. “I was working on the program “Baby Daddy” and she was a guest on “The Talk.” Our changing rooms were oddly located next to one another. I was just in awe of her because she was so kind and still such a big bombshell.”
In a tweet that included a photo of the actress and her mother, Joan Rivers, who passed away in 2014 at the age of 81, Melissa Rivers wrote about Welch: “Gorgeous, risqué, chic, and vibrant
Raquel Welch was all of these things. She was more attractive than just a nice face; she exuded glamour. RIP.”
