Bruce Willis lost his joy of life and his ability to communicate due to frontotemporal dementia, from March 2022 to present.
Glenn Gordon Caron, creator of the sitcom Moonlighting , told The Post on October 10 that he visits the Die Hard actor once a month after Bruce Willis was diagnosed with aphasia. Caron said he always tries to talk and confide in the artist.
According to Caron, the disease has completely changed Willis’ life. Before the disease, the actor was always smiling, enjoying life and trying to live life to the fullest. The actor loved to read books but now Willis cannot read. “He is still Bruce Willis but the joy of life is gone,” said Caron.
Bruce Willis at an event in 2019. Photo: AFP
Since being diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, Willis’ wife, Emma Heming, has been posting pictures of the star on social media. In late September, Emma told the Today show that she was under a lot of pressure and couldn’t tell if her husband knew about her condition.
Bruce Willis’ family outing in June. Video: Emma Heming Willis Instagram
According to Variety , frontotemporal dementia is detected earlier than other dementias. It causes personality changes, difficulty speaking or affects the patient’s mobility.
Willis announced his retirement in late March 2022 due to aphasia – a condition in which he is unable to communicate normally. In recent years, the artist has starred in many small projects, usually DVD-ordered films that are not shown in theaters. In February 2022, the Golden Raspberry Awards created a separate category to mock Willis’s bad projects of the past year. However, the organizers canceled the category after learning about his health condition.
Bruce Willis , 68 years old, is a German-American actor. He became famous after a series of romantic comedies in the 1980s such
as Moonlighting and Hudson Hawk . After that, the actor turned to action movies and appeared in a series of blockbusters. His total box office revenue is about 8.3 billion USD, in the top 100 highest-grossing actors of all time, according to statistics from The Numbers .
The actor currently lives with his second wife – Emma Heming – and two daughters Mabel (11 years old) and Evelyn (9 years old). The artist also receives encouragement from his ex-wife Demi Moore and their three children – Rumer, Scout and Tallulah. They often visit and reunite on special occasions.
