Editing Audrey Hepburn (section)

===Illness and death===
[[File:Grave of Audrey Hepburn, Tolochenaz, Switzerland - 20080711.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Hepburn's grave in [[Tolochenaz]], Switzerland|alt=Hepburn memorial at her burial site in Europe.]]

Upon returning to Switzerland from Somalia in late September 1992, Hepburn developed [[abdominal pain]]. While initial medical tests in Switzerland had inconclusive results, a [[laparoscopy]] performed at the [[Cedars-Sinai Medical Center]] in Los Angeles in early November revealed a rare form of abdominal cancer belonging to a group of cancers known as [[pseudomyxoma peritonei]].{{sfn|Paris|1996|p=361}} Having grown slowly over several years, the cancer had [[metastasis]]ed as a thin coating over her [[small intestine]]. After surgery, Hepburn began [[chemotherapy]].<ref name=cr>{{cite web |url=http://www.crmagazine.org/archive/Fall2009/Pages/AudreyHepburnAppendixCancer.aspx |title=Selim Jocelyn, ""The Fairest of All", ''CR Magazine'', Fall 2009 |publisher=Crmagazine.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100419051634/http://www.crmagazine.org/archive/Fall2009/Pages/AudreyHepburnAppendixCancer.aspx |archive-date=19 April 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Hepburn and her family returned home to Switzerland to celebrate her last Christmas. As she was still recovering from surgery, she was unable to fly on commercial aircraft. Her long-time friend, fashion designer [[Hubert de Givenchy]], arranged for socialite [[Rachel Lambert Mellon|Rachel Lambert "Bunny" Mellon]] to send her private [[Gulfstream Aerospace|Gulfstream]] jet, filled with flowers, to take Hepburn from Los Angeles to [[Geneva]]. She spent her last days in [[hospice care]] at her home in [[Tolochenaz]], [[Vaud]], and was occasionally well enough to take walks in her garden, but gradually became more confined to bedrest.{{sfn|Harris|1994|p=289}}

On the evening of 20 January 1993, Hepburn died in her sleep at her home. She was 63. After her death, [[Gregory Peck]] recorded a tribute to Hepburn in which he recited the poem "[[Unending love (poem)|Unending Love]]" by [[Rabindranath Tagore]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Gregory Peck about Audrey Hepburn |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL_yVhwxCSY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/DL_yVhwxCSY |archive-date=11 December 2021 |url-status=live |website=YouTube| date=20 January 2008 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> Funeral services were held at the village church of Tolochenaz on 24 January 1993. Maurice Eindiguer, the same pastor who wed Hepburn and Mel Ferrer and baptised her son Sean in 1960, presided over her funeral, while [[Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan]] of UNICEF delivered a eulogy. Many family members and friends attended the funeral, including her sons, partner Robert Wolders, half-brother Ian Quarles van Ufford, ex-husbands Andrea Dotti and Mel Ferrer, Hubert de Givenchy, executives of UNICEF, and fellow actors [[Alain Delon]] and [[Roger Moore]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/25/arts/hepburn-s-role-as-ambassador-is-paid-tribute.html |work=The New York Times |first=David |last=Binder |title=Hepburn's Role As Ambassador Is Paid Tribute |date=25 January 1993 |access-date=5 February 2017 |archive-date=19 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119011921/http://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/25/arts/hepburn-s-role-as-ambassador-is-paid-tribute.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Flower arrangements were sent to the funeral by Gregory Peck, [[Elizabeth Taylor]], and the [[Dutch royal family]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20063483,00.html |work=People |title=A Gentle Goodbye –Surrounded by the Men She Loved, the Star Was Laid to Rest on a Swiss Hilltop |date=1 January 1993 |access-date=21 February 2012 |archive-date=5 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205231457/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20063483,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
Later on the same day, Hepburn was interred at the Tolochenaz Cemetery.<ref>News Service, N.Y. Times. (25 January 1993). "Hepburn buried in Switzerland". ''[[Record-Journal]]''. p. 10.</ref>