Popular Hollywood actor, Bruce Willis, diagnosed with dementia
Popular Hollywood actor, Walter Bruce Willis, has now been diagnosed with dementia, according to his family.
The 67-year-old was diagnosed with aphasia which causes difficulties with speech in spring last year, but this has progressed and he has been given a more specific diagnosis, the family said.
The family in a statement made on February 16, 2023, stated that Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with Frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
The statement by his family reads: “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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“Unfortunately, challenges with communication are just one symptom of the disease Bruce faces. While this is painful, it is a relief to finally have a clear diagnosis.”
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) which doesn’t have a cure according to the National Health Service (NHS) causes changes in personality. Behavioural changes, language, and movement, due to the areas of the brain that it affects, the front and sides of the brain.
Willis became a household name in the 1980s and 90s after starring in blockbuster films such as Die Hard, The Sixth Sense, Armageddon and Pulp Fiction.
He has also been nominated for five Golden Globes, winning one for Moonlighting and also three Emmys, where he won two.
