A source has given new insight into Bruce Willis’s health after the legendary action star was diagnosed with untreatable dementia.
due to the language disorder aphasia"The focus for Bruce is to keep him active. He has a busy schedule with activities every day. They make sure both his body and brain exercised," a family friend told American magazine People on Tuesday.
As his aphasia worsened, on-set crew for the productions revealed that Willis often relied on an earpiece to feed him lines and appeared to be confused. “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 ,” Moore wrote.
FTD is the most common form of dementia for people under 60 and sufferers typically notice symptoms between the ages of 40 and 65, although it can also affect younger people.