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Raquel Welch was both willing and reluctant to be an amazing sex symbol. I call that being human. Jo Raquel Teqada was born on September 5th 1940,in Chicago, Illinois. She married her high school sweetheart James Welch in 1959. They had two children and divorced in 1962. She retained the surname through three other marriages till her death in February this year. Her father was a Bolivian aeronautical engineer and her mother had English ancestry. Her cousin Lidia Teqada was the first female president of Bolivia and was what wikipedia calls "the second non-royal head of state in the americas."...

President Obama felt the heat Thursday after calling a powerful female official smoking hot. And as luck would have it, he made the unfortunate comment on the same day his wife — remember her, tall lady with the midlife bangs? — mistakenly referred to herself as a single mother. But back to the Prez and his very male salivary glands: “She also happens to be by far the best looking attorney general in the country,” Obama said of California’s Kamala Harris during a fund-raiser. The unexpected comment ruffled the feathers of some observers and caused a commotion on social media...

During an interview with Michelle Obama, the host of Entertainment Tonight asked her how she felt having a husband who was a “sex symbol” similar to former Presidents JFK and Bill Clinton. “He’s got a little swag,” Obama admitted with a smile. “That’s OK, I’m proud of him.” Obama further flattered her husband, noting that he was “a stylish man who is healthy and he’s smart and he’s passionate and he’s inspiring” “Who wouldn’t fall in love with that?” she asked. “You know? It’s OK.”