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I remember seeing Tahnee Welch in “Cocoon,” that cute movie about aliens making old folks young. Gorgeous girl.

And we recently saw Raquel in an excellent, comic part in “Tortilla Soup,” with Hector Elizondo.

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I have always admired Raquel. Of course, as a man I have always ogled her, and I frankly admit she has always been my "most beautiful woman". My admiration has grown over the years, though, for the way she maintained her integrity and "limits" despite what must have been enormous pressures. I considered her to be a pretty good and versatile actress (I loved "Mother Jugs and Speed") but I suspect much of her potential career was torpedoed due to her determination to limit her sex roles.

In addition, the way she has aged gracefully and gently preached about how to do so has been remarkable.

In the CNN article she does something else that people need more of: "...I'm ashamed to admit that I myself have been married four times, ...". How many times have we seen this frank self assessment?

I had a crush on Raquel when I was in my teens watching 1,000,000 yr BC, and I still have a crush on her, but that is a result of her beauty being much more than skin deep.