RIP Raquel Welch (1940-2023)

Sad news to report as Raquel Welch has died.

Welch famously appeared in the 3rd season of The Muppet Show in what is easily one of the most memorial episodes of the series.

She played up her images as a Hollywood sex symbol, as she danced with an oversized spider:

 

 

Flirted with Fozzie:

 

And sang about women's empowerment with Miss Piggy:

 

The Muppet Show wasn't the first time Rachel first worked with the Muppets though as she appeared in a "Land of Gorch" sketch on the April 24, 1976 episode of SNL:

 

Welch also appeared on the cover of the November 28, 1978 issue of US magazine with Kermit and made a brief appearance in The Muppets Go Hollywood. 

Welch is best known for her roles in the films “One Million Years B.C.” and “Fantastic Voyage."

You can read more about her life and career here. 

Welch died after a “brief illness” at 82.