Die Hard legend Bruce Willis' heartbreaking life now 'non-verbal and watching life through screen door'

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Die Hard actor Bruce Willis will be spending Christmas Day surrounded by his loved ones. The Hollywood legend was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia at the start of the year, and has since maintained a low profile.

However, his family plan to spend as much time with him as possible this festive period. The 69-year-old actor stepped away from the spotlight in 2022 when he announced his retirement after his aphasis diagnosis, and a year later he was diagnosed with dementia, reports the Mirror.

The family of The Sixth Sense actor have said that Bruce is now "non-verbal" and the "the joie de vivre is gone", as his wife Emma says there is a lot of "grief and sadness".

Just a few weeks ago, the actor was spotted in public as he smiled and enjoyed a drive around Los Angeles. He rolled down the window and placed his forearm on the ledge while in the Studio City district, wearing a black LA cap and black jacket as he appeared in high spirits as he kept his hands together on the passenger door with his security teams.Late last year, filmmaker Glenn Gordon Caron told Page Six that the star was "not totally verbal" anymore.The film creator ,who worked with Bruce in the 80s, spoke to Page Six last year and said: "My sense is the first one to three minutes he knows who I am.