Over the course of a more than 50-year career, Raquel Welch made appearances in more than 30 films and 50 television programs.

Welch first grabbed the public's attention with her role in the 1966 sci-fi adventure 'Fantastic Voyage'.

According to reports, she had been suffering from breast cancer.

Many pronouncing his commercial death. But they underestimated the shrewdness, charm and connections that made the wily tycoon a negotiator...

If medical battles against mortality seem still to be a work in progress, popular culture has got it virtually sewed up.

What an anachronism! The neo-cortex may have instinctively responded to this with a dismissive sleight.