Die Hard star Bruce Willis was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2023 and the Hollywood actor has since retired and is being cared for by his family and kids
Willis was diagnosed first with aphasia -- a condition where the brain's ability to understand or express language is impaired, according to the National Institutes of Health -- in 2022 before receiving an additional diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia in 2023, according to his family.
Die Hard actor, 69, retired from acting in 2022 after being diagnosed with aphasia, which affects language abilities.
Bruce Willis recently made his first public appearance since 2022 after being diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia. In an Instagram post, his wife, Emma Heming Willis, shows the 69-year-old actor, who grew up in Salem County, shaking hands and greeting first responders battling the ongoing California wildfires.
In what’s believed to be his first public sighting since retiring from acting, Bruce Willis made sure to thank first responders battling the blazes in Los Angeles.
Actor Bruce Willis, 69, has been photographed on an outing in Studio City, Los Angeles in a rare public appearance following his dementia diagnosis
Bruce Willis has been spotted on a rare public outing in California amid his dementia battle. The actor, 69, was seen being driven around the San Fernando Valley neighbourhood after the Los Angeles wildfires, in photos obtained by the Daily Mail.
Bruce Willis and his wife, Emma Heming Willis, took a rare public step Thursday to go out and thank first responders battling the wildfires in L.A. that have destroyed entire neighborhoods across the city.
His wife Emma Heming Willis shared a video of the interaction ... in 2022 before receiving an additional diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia in 2023, according to his family.
In an Instagram video, Willis' wife and businesswoman Emma Heming Willis took to Instagram ... we now have a more specific diagnosis: frontotemporal dementia (known as FTD)."
In a recent Instagram post shared by his wife, Emma Heming Willis, Bruce Willis speaks with Los Angeles Police officers and shakes their hands.
In an Instagram post shared by his wife Emma Heming Willis ... Perez Associate Editor Bruce Willis made his first public appearance since his frontotemporal dementia diagnosis to thank the ...