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Bruce Willis Steps Away from Acting Amid Health Battle
Bruce Willis' household is giving an update connected his wellness journey.
Almost a twelvemonth aft the actor's woman Emma Heming Willis, his ex Demi Moore, arsenic good arsenic kids Rumer Willis, 34, Scout Willis, 31, Tallulah Willis, 29, Mabel Willis, 10, and Evelyn Willis, 8, announced that he'd been diagnosed with aphasia, the radical has now shared that his information has progressed.
"Our household wanted to commencement by expressing our deepest gratitude for the unthinkable outpouring of love, enactment and fantastic stories we person each received since sharing Bruce's archetypal diagnosis," the message, posted to Instagram and signed by the Willis/Moore ladies, read. "In the tone of that, we wanted to springiness you an update astir our beloved husband, begetter and person since we present person a deeper knowing of what helium is experiencing."
"Since we announced Bruce's diagnosis of aphasia successful outpouring 2022, Bruce's information has progressed and we present person a much circumstantial diagnosis: frontotemporal dementia (known arsenic FTD)," the connection added. "Unfortunately, challenges with connection are conscionable 1 grounds of the illness Bruce faces. While this is painful, it is simply a alleviation to yet person a wide diagnosis."
They further explained what the diagnosis means for the 67-year-old connected the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration website.
"FTD is simply a cruel illness that galore of america person ne'er heard of and tin onslaught anyone," the enactment continued. "For radical nether 60, FTD is the astir communal signifier of dementia, and due to the fact that getting the diagnosis tin instrumentality years, FTD is apt overmuch much prevalent than we know. Today determination are nary treatments for the disease, a world that we anticipation tin alteration successful the years ahead. As Bruce's information advances, we anticipation that immoderate media attraction tin beryllium focused connected shining a airy connected this illness that needs acold much consciousness and research."
The Die Hard star's family went connected to enactment that helium would privation to dispersed consciousness and assistance others amid his wellness battle.
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"Bruce has ever recovered joyousness successful beingness – and has helped everyone helium knows to bash the same," the connection concluded. "It has meant the satellite to spot that consciousness of attraction echoed backmost to him and to each of us. We person been truthful moved by the emotion you person each shared for our beloved husband, father, and person during this hard time. Your continued compassion, understanding, and respect volition alteration america to assistance Bruce unrecorded arsenic afloat a beingness arsenic possible."
