Just over a year ago it was announced that Bruce Willis he retired from acting due to health problems, since then he has remained in the care of his family and little has been heard from him, but now his daughter Tallulah Willis ha shared a letter that reveals the first symptoms of dementia who had the actor.
It should be remembered that people close to the actor You mentioned that you suffer from dementia frontotemporal, a disease that causes him to have problems with personality, behavior and language, reason enough to determine that it was no longer possible for him to continue with his artistic career, so his retirement came unexpectedly for the public, although there were signs to could have known before.
via the magazine Voguethe daughter of Bruce Willis shared an emotional letter in which reveals that the first symptoms of dementia who had the actor they began several years ago, however, she ignored them without considering that it was a disease.
“I have known something was wrong for a long time. It started with some kind of vague unresponsiveness, which the family put down to hearing loss. Later, that lack of response was amplified, and sometimes I took it personally. I had had two babies with my stepmother, Emma Heming Willis, and I thought she had lost interest in me,” she shared in the letter. Tallulah Willis.
Over time, tallulah she understood that the situation with her father was not related to her, but that it was the beginning of her dementiawhich is progressing more and more, but that the family is doing everything possible so that the actor have a good quality of life. Meanwhile, he still recognizes her, which makes her very happy.
“He still knows who I am and lights up when I walk into the room. (He can always tell who I am, give or take the occasional bad day. One difference between Alzheimer’s dementia and FTD is that, at least early in the disease, the former is characterized by motor and language deficits, whereas the second shows more memory loss.)
Finally, the daughter of Bruce Willis concluded by mentioning that she is very proud of the actor and he will always keep this in mind despite the complicated state of health he is currently going through: “I keep jumping between the present and the past when I talk about Bruce: he is, he was, he is, he was. That’s because I have hopes for my father that I refuse to let go.”wrote.