Raquel Welch, an actor popular for playing Mrs. Windham Vandermark in 2001 hit Legally Blonde, died on Wednesday, TMZ reported, quoting her family. She was 82.
Raquel Welch ex-husbands: All about James Welch, Patrick Curtis, André Weinfeld and Richard Palmer.
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James Westly Welch (1959-64)
The Hollywood megastar married James Welch, her high school sweetheart on May 8, 1959. The couple had two children – Damon Welch and Latanne “Tahnee” Welch. The couple got separated in 1962 and later divorced in 1964.
But she has continued to retain Welch’s last name ever since.
Patrick Curtis (1967-72)
Raquel then tied the knot with Hollywood producer Patrick Curtis when she was at beginning of her fame in 1967. They divorced in 1972. Patrick died aged 83 in November 2022.
André Weinfeld (1980-90)
André Weinfeld was the second filmmaker whom Welch married. They got married in 1980 and stayed together for 10 years. They got divorced in 1990.
Richard Palmar (1999-2008)
Welch’s fourth and last marriage was with Richard Palmar. Palmar was the owner of Mulberry Street Pizzeria serving up New York-style pizza at four Southern California eateries. Welch was married to Palmer from 1999 to 2003.
Raquel Welch talking about her several failed marriages to Piers Morgan in 2015 said that it happened due to her fame. “I mean, they like it in the beginning, they like the whole attraction and the sort of dance that we all do, but they don’t really like the fact that when we go someplace together, I become the person that’s focused on,” she explained.
Despite the way her relationships started and ended, Raquel said that she loved each and every one of her husbands. “I had real feelings for all of those men. At the time, I thought I was legitimately in love and that we could make a great life together, but it wasn’t in the cards,” she explained.
