Bruce Willis Diagnosed With Frontotemporal Dementia: Family Reveals His ‘Condition Has Progressed’

Bruce Willis‘ wellness has worsened, his household revealed connected Feb. 16, erstwhile they released a lengthy connection detailing the actor’s “painful” caller diagnosis. This heartbreaking quality comes conscionable 1 twelvemonth aft the 67-year-old retired histrion archetypal announced his conflict with aphasia.

“As a family, we wanted to instrumentality this accidental to convey you each for the outpouring of emotion and compassion for Bruce implicit the past 10 months. Your generosity of tone has been overwhelming, and we are tremendously grateful for it. For your kindness, and due to the fact that we cognize you emotion Bruce arsenic overmuch arsenic we do, we wanted to springiness you an update,” the household said successful a statement connected the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration website. “Since we announced Bruce’s diagnosis of aphasia successful outpouring 2022, Bruce’s information has progressed and we present person a much circumstantial diagnosis: frontotemporal dementia (known arsenic FTD). Unfortunately, challenges with connection are conscionable 1 grounds of the illness Bruce faces. While this is painful, it is simply a alleviation to yet person a wide diagnosis.”

Bruce and Demi were joined from 1987 until 2000. (Shutterstock)

The statement, which was signed by Willis’ ex-wife, Demi Moore, his existent wife, Emma Heming, and each of his daughters continued, “FTD is simply a cruel illness that galore of america person ne'er heard of and tin onslaught anyone. For radical nether 60, FTD is the astir communal signifier of dementia, and due to the fact that getting the diagnosis tin instrumentality years, FTD is apt overmuch much prevalent than we know. Today determination are nary treatments for the disease, a world that we anticipation tin alteration successful the years ahead. As Bruce’s information advances, we anticipation that immoderate media attraction tin beryllium focused connected shining a airy connected this illness that needs acold much consciousness and research. Bruce ever believed successful utilizing his dependable successful the satellite to assistance others, and to rise consciousness astir important issues some publically and privately. We cognize successful our hearts that – if helium could contiguous — helium would privation to respond by bringing planetary attraction and a connectedness with those who are besides dealing with this debilitating illness and however it impacts truthful galore individuals and their families.”

“Ours is conscionable 1 household with a loved 1 who suffers from FTD, and we promote others facing it to question retired the wealthiness of accusation and enactment disposable done AFTD (@theaftd, theaftd.org). And for those of you who person been fortunate capable to not person immoderate idiosyncratic acquisition with FTD, we anticipation that you volition instrumentality the clip to larn astir it, and enactment AFTD’s ngo successful immoderate mode you can. Bruce has ever recovered joyousness successful beingness – and has helped everyone helium knows to bash the same. It has meant the satellite to spot that consciousness of attraction echoed backmost to him and to each of us. We person been truthful moved by the emotion you person each shared for our beloved husband, father, and person during this hard time. Your continued compassion, understanding, and respect volition alteration america to assistance Bruce unrecorded arsenic afloat a beingness arsenic possible.”

Bruce Willis has 5 daughters successful total — Rumer Willis, 34, Tallulah Willis, 29, Scout Willis, 31, Mabel Willis, 10, and Evelyn Willis, 8 — sharing 3 with Demi and 2 with Emma.

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