The iconic
star, who found fame on the 1960s Batman TV series, died on Monday
aged 78.
According to
her spokesperson, she was surrounded by family and close friends at the time,
while resting at her home in Pacific Palisades.
Yvonne died
after a long battle with breast cancer which heartbreakingly had
metastasized to her liver.
Speaking
about her fight with the disease, her family revealed in a post on the actress'
website that she was determined to beat cancer.
It read:
Yvonne wanted to spend all of her energy concentrating on winning her battle.
She was adamant about this and wanted to tell her story when she was cured and
feeling better. We all respected that wish.
"Fight
as she did; however, over the past two plus years, she still lost her battle
with metastasized breast cancer that had gone to her liver. Her operation right
before Christmas, removed portions of her liver and some tumors as well as her
gallbladder (not infected but in the way) and honestly she never totally
recovered from that and more malignancies showed up again much to our dismay.
"She
had been in chemo almost continuously for the past two plus years since being
diagnosed and that had weakened her immune system as well as her body. This
didn’t dampen her sense of humor or her spirit, she intended to fight and win
this battle. In the end, her mind still wanted to fight but her body had given
up."
The family
went on to ask fans to remember Yvonne and her iconic work in their own way.
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