Bruce Willis Seen in a rare Picture with your family when he lives with frontotemporal. Dementia (FTD).
The 69-year-old retired. die hard The actor was seen smiling at his daughter Scout, 33, as they sat together on the sofa. While his daughter Talla, 30, He looked at her from where she was sitting on the floor.
In another photo, Willis is seen touching noses with Scout while holding a sign that says “Best Dad.” Tallulah simply captioned the post: “Grateful.”
In February 2023, Willis’ family revealed that the Hollywood action star had been diagnosed with FTD. The condition is called “a cruel disease”. It came shortly after Willis retired from acting due to a brain disorder known as aphasia – a condition that affects speech and language abilities.
According to the NHS, FTD is a rare form of dementia that causes problems with behavior and language. It affects the front and sides of the brain (frontal and temporal lobes) and develops slowly and gradually deteriorates over many years.
Last month, Willis’ wife Emma Hemming spoke out about the disease. has influenced Willis in his daily life.such as his ability to walk and make decisions.
“For Bruce, it started in his temporal lobes and then spread to the front of his brain. It attacks and destroys a person’s ability to walk, think, make decisions,” he said. explained.
Willis’ early stuttering meant it was difficult for doctors to detect early signs of the disease, Hemming said.
“As soon as his language began to change, it [seemed like it] There was only one stuttering part, it was just Bruce,” she said. “Never in a million years would I have thought it would be a form of dementia for someone so young.”
“I say FTD whispers, it doesn’t scream,” she continued. “It’s hard for me to say, ‘This is where Bruce ended, and this is where his illness started to take over.’ He was diagnosed two years ago, but a year ago, we had a loose diagnosis of aphasia, which is a symptom but not the disease itself.”
Willis married Hemming, 46, in 2009, and the couple have two daughters: Mabel, 12, and Evelyn, 10. His ex-wife substance Actor Demi Moore.
Hemming said City and country Last month she did not hide aspects of Willis’s condition from her children Mabel and Evelyn.
“I’ve never tried to do anything for them. They’ve grown up with Bruce’s downfall over the years. I’m not trying to protect them from it,” she said, adding that the children “know that Daddy won’t get better.”