The facts surrounding the death of legendary 1960s and 1970s film actress Raquel Welch, dubbed the “original screen bombshell,” in February at the age of 82, have now been made clear.

According to the death certificate that TMZ was able to obtain, one of the primary causes of the actress’s passing was Alzheimer’s disease. According to the document, the actress had a heart arrest just before she passed away.

The family initially stated in their statement that the celebrity had gone away in February after a “short illness,” despite the fact that she had kept her battle with Alzheimer’s disease completely undisclosed.

Her spokesman issued a statement on behalf of her family, stating that “the iconic bombshell actress of film, television, and stage passed away quietly early this morning after a brief illness.” The spokesman continued, “She was a bombshell on film, television, and stage.

She appeared in more than 30 films and more than 50 television shows and other programs during the course of her 50-year career. The Golden Globe winner in recent years worked on creating a wig collection that was quite well-liked.

Raquel Welch has “left behind her two children, son Damon Welch and her daughter Tahnee Welch,” the piece concluded. Between 1967 and 2004, the actress was married four times.

Raquel had roles in The Three Musketeers (1974), which also starred Faye Dunaway and Charlton Heston, and for which she won the Golden Globe award for Best Motion Picture Actress in a Musical or Comedy. These roles followed her breakthrough performances in Fantastic Voyage and One Million Years B.C. in 1966 (the latter of which resulted in the creation of an iconic movie poster depicting her in a fur bikini).

She had roles in the movies Myra Breckinridge (1970) and Hannie Caulder (1967), as well as the 1967 adaption of Bedazzled, in addition to her many other acting credits (1971). In 1994, she was additionally recognized as a star on the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame.

She has recently been in the movies Legally Blonde, Tortilla Soup, and How to Be a Hispanic Lover, all of which were released in 2001. (2001). (2017). The actress’s late years were spent concentrating on her family, her singing career, and the growth of her own name-brand wig line.