Raquel Welch died: her mysterious loves and romances

One of the sexiest women in Hollywood, she had a love life full of mysteries.

Although Raquel Welch, who died this Wednesday at the age of 82, was married four times,

.

At 19, against her father's will, Raquel married James Welch, a former high school classmate, with whom she had two children, Damon and Tahnee.

The couple divorced a few years later as her acting career began to bother her husband, who felt relegated from her.

Finally, after the separation, she kept the married name, which she would later use as a stage name to establish herself as an international star. 

Raquel Welch and Frank Sinatra, shared work, friendship and romance?

Soon after and with several films under his belt, he met producer Patrick Curtis, who was first his representative and manager.

It was the time of the movie

, which consecrated it and made it famous in the world.

sexy caveman

Her character was a sexy cavewoman wearing a leather bikini.

In the mid-1960s, she was the girl of the hour.

The bond between the manager and the actress went from work to personal and romance arose.

Curtis was her second husband.

Then followed a number of films in which Welch shared the cast with dozens of actors, very famous at the time: from Frank Sinatra to Robert Wagner, including Fernando Lamas and Marcello Mastroiani.

With many of them she was awarded romances, which she never admitted.

And she didn't deny either.

She preferred to keep it a mystery.

Raquel Welch, with a young Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The marriage to Curtis also ended in divorce and at the age of 40 she met and married the French producer, screenwriter and director André Weinfeld.

The couple continued together for ten years, in what was a happy stage for the actress. 

There were other artists who shared movies with Welch that she slipped mysterious comments about.

One of them was the actor and singer Dean Martin, of whom Raquel said: "He was the most relaxed guy I've ever met, daring. He knew how to seduce you. I've had many men by my side, but I never needed them to give me self

esteem ".

She was also linked to Warren Beatty and a young Arnold Schwarzenegger.

But she remained in her position of not speaking.

"Sex is overrated. It's more noise than nuts. To be honest, I don't miss it. An advantage of getting older is that you stop being a sexual object. You are more authentic," she declared in an interview years later.

Raquel Welch and Dean Martin: "He knew how to seduce you."

Faced with dozens of rumors during his time as a sex symbol, names like Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan also appeared.

"I never had famous lovers, despite having met some of the most desired men on the planet. But

"he admitted, intriguing.

His last partner was the restaurateur Richard Palmer, with whom he lived in Beverly Hills for four years, before reaching a divorce on good terms.

Palmer was 20 years younger than Raquel and although she aroused some controversy at the time, the actress was undeterred and with her sensuality intact she declared: "I never wanted to be a sex icon, and it took me decades to come to terms with my bikini photos."

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