Reese Witherspoon Mourns ‘Legally Blonde’ Co-Star Raquel Welch After Her Heartbreaking Death

Reese Witherspoon is mourning the decease of her legendary Legally Blonde co-star Raquel Welch at the property of 82. The Big Little Lies actress, 46, took to Twitter connected February 15 to stock her thoughts with her 2.9 cardinal followers connected the platform. She shared a pic of Raquel successful the film, wearing a melodramatic achromatic and achromatic chapeau and matching dress. “So bittersweet to perceive astir Raquel Welch’s passing,” she captioned the photo. “I loved moving with her on Legally Blonde. She was elegant, nonrecreational and glamorous beyond belief. Simply stunning. May each her angels transportation her home. Sending emotion to her household and her galore fans.” Reese completed the saccharine thoughts with emojis of a achromatic dove and a reddish heart.

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News that the 60s enactment awesome had passed aft a little unwellness emerged via TMZ on Wednesday, February 15. In the 2001 deed comedy, Raquel played Mrs. Windham Vandermark, a glamorous bombshell whose ex-husband was mysteriously murdered. Reese, of course, played Elle Woods, the plucky instrumentality pupil who unravels the crime.

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Reese wasn’t the lone high-profile sanction mourning the gorgeous histrion and model. Another bombshell, Miss Piggy, besides took to Twitter with a tribute. “Raquel Welch was 1 of the astir fantastic radical I’ve ever worked with,” the celebrated Muppet wrote alongside a sexy pic of them connected The Muppet Show.  “Performing a duet with her connected The Muppet Show helped moi go the W-O-M-A-N I americium today! We’ll ne'er hide vous, Raquel!”

Raquel Welch successful ‘Legally Blonde’ (Everett)

And Christopher Meloni, 61, besides posted a little (and somewhat inexplicable) thought. “Raquel Welch dying is simply a precise weird feeling,” helium wrote via Twitter. Frances Fisher of Titanic fame noted a peculiar conflict the iconic quality had endured passim her career. “Raquel Welch, histrion and planetary icon who fought to be taken seriously, passes astatine 82 – Los Angeles Times,” she captioned a nexus to the Los Angeles Times report connected her death, also via Twitter. She finished the station with the hashtag #ripRaquelWelch and added that she was, “Sweet, comic & kind.”

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