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Raquel Welch has separated from husband Richard Palmer, her publicist said.

The Fantastic Voyage actress married Palmer, her fourth husband, in 1999 at her Beverly Hills, Calif., home.

Palmer is owner of Mulberry Street Italian restaurant in Beverly Hills and Richie's Neighborhood Pizza stores.

In announcing their separation in a joint press release, Palmer and Welch said there was no third party involved and that the separation was amicable.

Divorce papers had not been filed, according to Welch publicist Jill Bushinsky, who said Tuesday she also spoke on behalf of Palmer.

Welch, who won a Golden Globe for her work in The Three Musketeers, has also appeared in the films Tortilla Soup, Bedazzled and 1966's One Million Years B.C., which featured a poster of her in a revealing animal-skin outfit that became a pinup favourite. AP

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