In March last year, his family announced bruce willy He retired from acting after being diagnosed with aphasia. Nearly a year later, he received a more specific diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Since then, Willis’ family has shared updates on his life, including celebrating his 68th birthday with him earlier this year. Demi Moore, his ex-wife and their three children, Scout, Rumer, and Tallulah; and his current wife, Emma Heming Willis, and their two children, Maybelle and Evelyn.
This month, Willis’ late-1980s ABC series part time Available to stream on Hulu.Over the course of five seasons, Willis and Cybill Shepherd The show reportedly revolutionized the will-they-or-won’t-they relationship on television, and the actor is eager for the world to see it on streaming again. part time Creator Glenn Gordon Cullen. “This process (obtains part time on Hulu ) has taken quite some time, Bruce’s disease is a progressive disease. So before the disease left him unable to communicate like he is now, I was able to communicate with him and hopefully get the show back in the spotlight. ” Cuaron recently told the media new york post. “I know it means a lot to him.”
Cullen said he has been in contact with Willis’ wife and three older children since colleagues on the set of his latest film expressed concerns about his health before his diagnosis. “I’ve tried really hard to stay in his life,” Caron said, adding, “What makes (his disease) so exciting is that if you’ve ever spent time with Bruce Willis , then there was no one who had more joy in life than him. He loved life and… loved waking up every morning and trying to live it to the fullest.”
Cullen said FTD has left Willis largely unable to communicate, adding “it’s like he’s seeing life through a screen door now.” But he believed Willis could still recognize him. “My feeling is he knew who I was within the first to three minutes,” he said. “He wasn’t exactly a verbal person; he had been a voracious reader – he didn’t want anyone to know that – but he didn’t read now. All those language skills were no longer available to him, But he’s still Bruce.” The creator added, “When you’re with him, you know he’s Bruce and you’re grateful he’s there, but the joy of life is gone.”
Heming Willis, who has been married to the actor since 2009, gave us an update on herself today Last month during World Frontotemporal Dementia Awareness Week. She explained that while Willis’ illness was “difficult for the family,” “we still have a lot of good things happening in our lives. For me, it’s important to lift my head above the sadness and grief so that I can It’s so important to be able to see what’s going on around us. Bruce really wanted us to be able to enjoy the moment. He really wanted me and our family to do the same.”
