
Bruce Willis' Wife Shares Gut-Wrenching Update About His Life With Dementia
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The action star was forced to retire after frontotemporal dementia severely limited his ability to speak and process language.
Bruce Willis’ wife says the actor’s brain is “failing him” three years after he retired from acting due to frontotemporal dementia.
Emma Heming Willis is set to talk about her experience caring for the action star following his diagnosis in an interview with ABC News’ Diane Sawyer, airing Tuesday night.
In a preview of the special that aired on “Good Morning America” Tuesday, she said her 70-year-old husband “is still very mobile” but struggles cognitively.
“Bruce is in really great health overall. It’s just his brain that is failing him…” she told Sawyer. “The language is going, and we’ve learned to adapt. And we have a way of communicating with him, which is just a different way.”
In 2023, Willis’ family announced he was living with dementia and would no longer be able to work as an actor. His diagnosis has severely limited his language skills and is also known to cause changes in personality and behavior.













