The life of Bruce Willisknown for films like “Hard to kill”took a 180-degree turn after the actor was forced to step away from the cameras due to a diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia.
Given the progressive deterioration of the health of the 68-year-old actor, his wife Emma Heming headed the family support network, and this time it was she who spoke again about the protagonist “Armageddon” remember their 16 years of marriage.
“16 years with this special man. “My love and adoration for him only grows,” he wrote. Emma Heming In Instagram after more than a decade and a half with Bruce Willis.
What is Bruce Willis' health status?
Us Weekly contacted a supposed friend of Bruce's and assured, “He has good days and bad days, but in the last two months there have been a lot more bad days than good.”
“This experience has brought the whole family even closer together. Nobody knows how much time Bruce has left, so they enjoy every moment they spend with him. The focus is on him being close to the people he loves and being reminded of the happy holidays of the past,” the insider revealed.
“He still values the Christmas season and loves having his entire family under one roof to listen to music, eat and watch old home videos,” the source quoted added.
Bruce Willis, with family.
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What is frontotemporal dementia?
“The frontotemporal dementia (FTD) It's a cruel disease that many of us have never heard of and can affect anyone. In people under 60, FTD is the most common form of dementia, and because it can take years to make a diagnosis, FTD is likely much more common than we know,” the Willis family said in a news release
“Today there are no treatment options for the disease, a reality that can hopefully change in the coming years. As the condition progresses Bruce, We hope that media attention can be focused on shedding light on this disease, which requires much more attention and research,” said the family of the popular actor.
According to experts, frontotemporal dementia is a rare form of similar dementia Alzheimer, except that it tends to only affect certain areas of the brain. Dementia can also be referred to as a severe neurocognitive disorder.