The rare 'jelly belly' condition that killed Hollywood star Audrey Hepburn - explainer
msn.comHollywood cinema," first shot to fame in the 1950s and by 1953 she featured on the cover of Time magazine, and also became known for her personal style.
Now she is known for her role in films like Breakfast at Tiffany's, for which she is credited as doing a "terrific job". Towards the end of her career Hepburn partook in humanitarian work with UNICEF and in 1992 she started to experience abdominal pain, which turned out to be a form of terminal abdominal cancer, giving her just three months to live.
Having worked hard to maintain her public image and perfect good looks, Hepburn battled her cancer mainly in private. Having spent time in Somalia it wasn't until the star was in Los Angeles that doctors discovered the cause of her pain.
She was diagnosed with a rare form of abdominal cancer belonging to a group of cancers known as pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP).
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