Elizabeth Hurley shares heartbreaking truth behind sad family loss

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Elizabeth Hurley bravely opened up about a tragic family loss on Thursday's episode of Loose Women.MORE:  Elizabeth Hurley describes 'bleak' day as she pays emotional tribute to the QueenOn the topic of breast cancer, the actress, 57, revelaed that she sadly lost her grandmother to the diease.

The star has since been working passionately for the cause including her work with beauty brand Esteé Lauder.WATCH: Elizabeth Hurley opens up about sad family loss on Loose Women"Evelyn Lauder, Estee Lauder's daughter in law when I first joined the company came to me and said would I help her with a campaign and I said yes of course what is it and she said well women all over the world are dying of breast cancer and nobody's talking about it and i want to change that. "READ: Elizabeth Hurley looks gorgeous in daring cut-out dress for Karen Millen collaborationSEE: Elizabeth Hurley describes 'bleak' day as she pays emotional tribute to the Queen"And back then for me, it was 27 years ago I'd recently lost my grandmother to breast cancer and at that time nobody talked about it, there was no pink ribbon there was no breast cancer awareness month.

And when my grandmother was diagnosed and first of all she didn't go to the doctor becaused she was scared and embarrassed and when she finally went of course it was quite progressed and even then she didn't want to talk about it we weren't involved… Elizabeth was so open "...We didn't really know what was going on, and she didn't make it and that's what evelyn wanted to change when she started the campaign and it's different today.