Raquel Welch, one of my favorite Latinas (she was born Raquel Tejada,) died today after a short illness. She was 82.
Two of my favorite movies starring her were "Hannie Caulder" a pretty darn good western in which she starred with Robert Culp, and "The Kansas City Bomber" a movie about roller derby.
She seemed pretty grounded too, in an interview with Neil Cavuto on Fox News she said she didn't check any boxes, not a scandalous character in her personal life (at least not for a movie star) not a hippie or a radical on either side. Probably a bit more conservative than most entertainers even in her prime. She was a regular on the USO circuit including touring with Bob Hope in his overseas shows for servicemen and at least occasionally showed up on Fox news.