Icon Audrey Hepburn died at the age of 63 from a rare form of cancer.
Born into a privileged life, and privately educated, hardship fell upon the star when she and her mother, Ella van Heemstra, were vacationing in Holland. Hepburn, like millions of others, nearly starved when the Nazis cut off food supplies. Explaining what the appendix is, the National Cancer Institute stated: "The appendix is a small pouch of tissue in the abdomen. "The cancer cells produce large amounts of mucous, called mucin, that slowly accumulate in the appendix until it bursts." He explained: "This is an extremely rare cancer that starts as a small polyp in the appendix. The National Organisation for Rare Disease (NORD) says the "average" onset of this type of cancer is between the ages of 50 to 55.
However, the star was not exempt from the turmoil of World War II. When Hepburn and her mother, Ella van Heemstra, were vacationing in Holland, the town they ...
[Gabe Mirkin](https://nnn.ng/tag/gabe-mirkin/) explains this rare cancer starts as a small polyp in the appendix, with cancer cells producing large amounts of mucous that slowly accumulate in the appendix until it bursts. The National Organisation for Rare Disease ( In her later years, she became the ambassador for the Although Hepburn was a ballet dancer at the time, she famously gave various underground concerts to raise funds for the Dutch Resistance movement, performing in houses with no one aware of the clandestine concerts happening behind closed doors. However, the star was not exempt from the turmoil of World War II. Audrey Hepburn was born into a privileged life and given a private education.
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