“Since we announced the diagnosis of aphasia in the spring of 2022, Bruce’s condition has progressed and we now have a more specific diagnosis: frontotemporal dementia (known as FTD),” his family said in a statement. a statement published on the website of the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration.
“Unfortunately, the challenges with communication are just a symptom of the illness Bruce is facing. While this is painful, it is a relief to finally have a clear diagnosis,” he explains in the letter.
Who is Bruce Willis?
Willis began his path to fame in the television series moonlighting of the 1980s, and has appeared in some 100 films over the course of his four-decade career, earning praise for his roles in pulp fiction and Sixth Sense, and winning a Golden Globe and two Emmy Awards. One of his most remembered roles is as “Korben Dallas” in The fifth elementa futuristic action film released in 1997.
But Willis is best known for playing the tough, bad-hunting New York cop in all five of his films. Hard to Killreleased between 1988 and 2013.
(With information from Reuters)