what cancer did audrey hepburn died of?
Appendix cancer
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 Hepburn stated in her eighties , " I have no fear of death . Must be wonderful , like a long sleep . " Her health began to deteriorate not long after her final screen appearance . In the winter of 1996 she was hospitalized with pneumonia . By 1997 she had become very weak , was speaking and eating very little , and it was feared she would die . She showed signs of dementia in her final years . In May 2003 , an aggressive tumor was found in Hepburn 's neck . The decision was made not to medically intervene , and she died on June 29 , 2003 , at the Hepburn family home in Fenwick , Connecticut . She was 96 years old and was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford . Hepburn requested that there be no memorial service . 

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 To the public at the time , Leigh was strongly identified with her second husband Laurence Olivier , to whom she was married from 1940 to 1960 . Leigh and Olivier starred together in many stage productions , with Olivier often directing , and in three films . She earned a reputation for being difficult to work with , as for much of her adult life she suffered from bipolar disorder as well as recurrent bouts of chronic tuberculosis , first diagnosed in the mid @-@ 1940s , which ultimately claimed her life at the age of 53 . Although her career had periods of inactivity , in 1999 , the American Film Institute ranked Leigh as the 16th greatest female movie star of classic Hollywood cinema . 

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 In 2014 , two Hepburn biopics were announced to be in development . The first deals with her relationship with Spencer Tracy , and the second covers her early years in Hollywood ( based on William Mann 's account ) . 

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 Despite her professional triumphs , Garland struggled immensely in her personal life , starting when she was a child . Her self @-@ image was strongly influenced by film executives , who said she was unattractive and constantly manipulated her on @-@ screen physical appearance . She was plagued by financial instability , often owing hundreds of thousands of dollars in back taxes . She married five times , with her first four marriages ending in divorce . She also had a long battle with drugs and alcohol , which ultimately led to her death from a barbiturate overdose at the age of 47 . 

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 Hepburn challenged herself in the latter half of her life , as she regularly appeared in Shakespearean stage productions and tackled a range of literary roles . She found a niche playing middle @-@ aged spinsters , such as in The African Queen ( 1951 ) , a persona the public embraced . Three more Oscars came for her work in Guess Who 's Coming to Dinner ( 1967 ) , The Lion in Winter ( 1968 ) , and On Golden Pond ( 1981 ) . In the 1970s , she began appearing in television films , which became the focus of her career in later life . She remained active into old age , making her final screen appearance in 1994 at the age of 87 . After a period of inactivity and ill health , Hepburn died in 2003 at the age of 96 . 
