# @gettyimages on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cos0QZgvViP
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/4047079-gettyimages-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-02-15T22:44:30.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty Images (@GettyImages) — https://gondola.cc/GettyImages

## Caption

“I was not brought up to be a sex symbol, nor is it in my nature to be one. The fact that I became one is probably the loveliest, most glamorous and fortunate misunderstanding".⁠
American actress Raquel Welch, who has died aged 82.⁠
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Follow our bio link for a gettyarchive curation looking back at her life in pictures and footage. Seen here:⁠
1. A 1968 portrait | Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis via Getty Images⁠
2. In front of a poster promoting 'One Million Years BC', London, 28th September 1965 | J. Wilds/Keystone/Hulton Archive⁠
3. Arriving at Cannes Film Festival, May 1966 | Bettmann⁠
4. Visiting the Colosseum in Rome, 1966 | Archivio Cicconi⁠
5. Pierluigi Praturlon/Reporters Associati & Archivi/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images, circa 1968⁠
6. Tony Kent/Sygma via Getty Images, 1977⁠
7. Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, 1980 | Harry Langdon | jr.harrylangdon⁠
8. Backstage at the Emmys, September 20, 1987 | Bob Riha, Jr.⁠
9. Douglas Kirkland/Corbis via Getty Images, 1969 | douglaskirkland_⁠
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#GettyImages #PreservingThePast #GettyArchive #RaquelWelch #HollywoodHistory #HistoryPhotographed

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