Actor Bruce Willis has been newly diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, a serious indication of a progression of the aphasia his family announced in 2022.
Willis’ family made the new announcement today. “FTD is a cruel disease that many of us have never heard of and can strike anyone,” says the statement, attributed to Willis’ wife Emma Hemming Willis, ex-wife Demi Moore and children Rumer, Scout, Tallulah, Mabel and Evelyn.
In March 2022, the family announced that the Die Hard, Armageddon and Pulp Fiction star was “stepping away” from acting due to aphasia, a condition that affects ability to speak, write and understand language.
Today, the family updated that news, writing, “Since we announced Bruce’s diagnosis of aphasia in spring 2022, Bruce’s condition has progressed and we now have a more specific diagnosis: frontotemporal dementia (known as FTD).
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