According to the document, the legendary actress suffered cardiac arrest on February 15 at her home, but it also gives details of her previous conditions.
The cause of death of American actress Raquel Welch was revealed, and it was confirmed that she suffered cardiac arrest.
At the time of her death, the two-time Golden Globe nominee was battling Alzheimer's, according to Welch's death certificate, which was obtained by US media outlet. She had never before revealed in public that she suffered from the disease.
The actress was pronounced dead at 2:25 a.m. on February 15 at her home and she has since been cremated, the outlet reported.
According to the National Institutes of Health, 90% of people who go into cardiac arrest outside the hospital die, usually within minutes.
Welch's family and her agent confirmed the death to the celebrity portal and assured that the death occurred after the actress suffered "a brief illness." She died “quietly,” they added in a brief statement in which they did not give any further details.
The daughter of a Bolivian engineer who moved to the United States, Raquel Welch was born in Chicago on September 5, 1940, and became interested in acting early on. Thus, she participated in ballet and beauty contests and even won a scholarship at San Diego Sate College, where she studied theater arts.
She was married four times, to James Welch -between 1959 and 1964-; Patrick Curtus -between 1967 and 1972-; Andre Weinfeld -between 1980 and 1990- and Richard Palmer -between 1999 and 2004-. She had two children from her first marriage, Tahnee and Damon, ages 61 and 63 respectively.
Her path in the entertainment industry began with Elvis Presley with a small role in “Roustabout” (1964) and later she obtained heavier work in films such as “Fantastic Voyage” (1966).
Her career took off with the prehistoric adventure “One Million Years B.C.” (1966). The image of Welch and her iconic bikini strengthened her status as a “s-x symbol” in a film whose promotional poster went down in cinema history.
Her beauty and erotic potential were taken advantage of by the industry, which created for her one of the nicknames in Hollywood: “The Body.”
The actress was also part of titles such as “Lady in Cement” (1968), alongside Frank Sinatra and some of her most remembered films are the western “Hannie Caulder” (1971) and “Fathom” (1967), among thirty films and 50 television shows over five decades.
In 1995, Welch was recognized as one of the 100 stars in film history, according to Empire magazine, and she was ranked third on Playboy's list of the 100 stars of the 20th century. Additionally, she was awarded the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Actress in a Musical or Comedy for her role in “The Three Musketeers” in 1974.
“My first day on set, Faye Dunaway came up to me all dolled up and she was so pretty. She said, 'Honey, I just want you to know that I'm a big fan of yours. But wouldn't you know it, everyone is waiting for us to gouge each other's eyes out. So let's have fun with them,'” she had told The Post in 2012 about that job.
“Everyone on set was like, ‘Uh-oh, here they come,’ standing there watching. And Faye takes the fan out of her and starts fanning herself, saying, 'Honey, I love your work.' And I’m like, ‘Everything you do is great!’ Everyone was so disappointed,” she added.
Her last film role was in 2017 in “How to be a Latin Lover” and on television in “Date my Dad.”
