Del Boy never marries. He has had many girlfriends, a fact that is the subject of numerous sarcastic comments by Rodney. He finally meets his partner Raquel Turner (whom he calls his "significant other") in the 1988 special "Dates". Del's mother Joan dies on 12 March 1964, apparently after a long string of illnesses. His lazy father Reginald leaves three months later (on Del's 16th birthday), taking most of their money and even Del's birthday cake. This leaves the teenage Del as the family's sole breadwinner, looking after his grandfather and Rodney, his half-brother who was born around thirteen years after him
Raquel Welch include "Forget About It" (2006) and "How to Be a Latin Lover" (2017). In addition to the television special, "Raquel!", Welch television film work include the Western "The Legend of Walks Far Woman" (1982) and the drama "Right to Die" (1987) in which she turned in a stirring performance as a woman stricken with Lou Gehrig's disease. She also starred in the films "Scandal in a Small Town" (1988), "Trouble in Paradise" (1989), "Torch Song" (1993) and "The Ultimate Legacy" (2015). In 1978, Welch appeared in an episode of "The Muppet Show" and in 1979, for the series "Mork &