01of 10"I wanted to show the real person, not the pretty princess," says author Robert Matzen of Audrey Hepburn, whom he writes about inWarrior, an in-depth look at the star’s final years and her work on behalf of the world’s children with UNICEF.“She wasn’t fragile, she was fearless,” notes Matzen, who learned from Hepburn’s close friends, UNICEF staff, fellow humanitarian workers and military officers who witnessed her courage in war zones, that her missions were much more dangerous than previously known — and how she was driven at the end of her life to use her name and voice for all it was worth. As she told a reporter after her first trip, to Ethiopia (seen here in 1988), “I’m not interested in promoting Audrey Hepburn these days. I’m interested in telling the world how they can help Ethiopia.“Matzen also uncovered never-before-seen photos of the famous star beloved for her roles inBreakfast at Tiffany’sandRoman Holiday. As her son, Luca Dotti notes, “This is the full story.“For more,pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.
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“I wanted to show the real person, not the pretty princess,” says author Robert Matzen of Audrey Hepburn, whom he writes about inWarrior, an in-depth look at the star’s final years and her work on behalf of the world’s children with UNICEF.
“She wasn’t fragile, she was fearless,” notes Matzen, who learned from Hepburn’s close friends, UNICEF staff, fellow humanitarian workers and military officers who witnessed her courage in war zones, that her missions were much more dangerous than previously known — and how she was driven at the end of her life to use her name and voice for all it was worth. As she told a reporter after her first trip, to Ethiopia (seen here in 1988), “I’m not interested in promoting Audrey Hepburn these days. I’m interested in telling the world how they can help Ethiopia.”
Matzen also uncovered never-before-seen photos of the famous star beloved for her roles inBreakfast at Tiffany’sandRoman Holiday. As her son, Luca Dotti notes, “This is the full story.”
For more,pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.
02of 10Pavel Rahman/AP/Shutterstock"For years former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger referred to Bangladesh as ‘a lost cause,’ which prompted Audrey [here, giving a polio vaccine in 1989] to go there on a mission and prove him wrong,” says Matzen.
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“For years former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger referred to Bangladesh as ‘a lost cause,’ which prompted Audrey [here, giving a polio vaccine in 1989] to go there on a mission and prove him wrong,” says Matzen.
03of 10John IsaacAt the airport in Bangladesh in 1989 with photographer John Isaac.
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John Isaac
At the airport in Bangladesh in 1989 with photographer John Isaac.
04of 10Peter Charlesworth/LightRocket/GettyHere, Hepburn leads children on a walk in Vietnam in 1990.
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Here, Hepburn leads children on a walk in Vietnam in 1990.
05of 10Peter5 Charlesworth/Lightrocket/GettyHepburn (trying out a new water pump in a village near Hanoi) never lost her sense of humor. After being named UNICEF’s Goodwill Ambassador, she told her son Luca, “We can park anywhere we want! I have diplomatic immunity.”
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Hepburn (trying out a new water pump in a village near Hanoi) never lost her sense of humor. After being named UNICEF’s Goodwill Ambassador, she told her son Luca, “We can park anywhere we want! I have diplomatic immunity.”
06of 10Nigel ParkhurstWith Capt. Nigel Parkhurst on the USS Tarawa on her visit to Somalia — her final trip with UNICEF — in 1992.
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Nigel Parkhurst
With Capt. Nigel Parkhurst on the USS Tarawa on her visit to Somalia — her final trip with UNICEF — in 1992.
07of 10Nigel ParkhurstWhen Hepburn visited the USS Tarawa in 1992, the service members on boardquickly raised $4,000for her to give to the children of Somalia, theLos Angeles Timesreported at the time.
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When Hepburn visited the USS Tarawa in 1992, the service members on boardquickly raised $4,000for her to give to the children of Somalia, theLos Angeles Timesreported at the time.
08of 10UNICEFRiding on a helicopter to the USS Tarawa with UNICEF team members Ian MacLeod and Mark Stirling in 1992.
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Riding on a helicopter to the USS Tarawa with UNICEF team members Ian MacLeod and Mark Stirling in 1992.
09of 10"She asked if she could say hello to each soldier and thank them for being there,” Matzen says of Hepburn’s arrival at the Mogadishu airport in Somalia in 1992.
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“She asked if she could say hello to each soldier and thank them for being there,” Matzen says of Hepburn’s arrival at the Mogadishu airport in Somalia in 1992.
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“I came to Somalia determined not to cry,” Hepburn reportedly said to the troops gathered to meet her on the USS Tarawa, per theLos Angeles Times.
source: people.com
