Inside Bruce Willis’ life as he turns 70 two years after heartbreaking dementia diagnosis
He is living with his wife Emma and their two children in LA.
Today Die Hard actor Bruce Willis turned 70, two years after it was announced the Hollywood actor had been diagnosed with dementia.
His daughter Tallulah took to social media to wish her ‘favourite friend’ a happy 70th.
‘You are a light that can never be dimmed! I love you so proud to be your baby, she said.
In an Instagram Q and A yesterday, Bruce’s daughter Rumer gave an update on her dad.
‘He’s doing great, thank you for asking,’ Rumer responded in a video. ‘It is actually his 70th birthday tomorrow so please wish my papa a big happy birthday,’ she added.
In February 2023, the Willis family announced Bruce had finally been given a ‘clear diagnosis’ of frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a progressive disease that impacts his speech and behaviour.
He’s got lots of support from his five daughters, wife and ex-wife Demi Moore, who he is still close with (Picture: buuski/Instagram) Pictured here are some of Bruce’s blended family – Rumer Willis, Demi Moore, Scout Willis, Emma Heming Willis and Tallulah Willis (Picture: Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for goop)The year previously, the family said Bruce – famed for his roles in The Sixth Sense and Pulp Fiction – was retiring from acting after an aphasia diagnosis.
Aphasia is a condition that impairs language, and the family later discovered this was a feature of frontotemporal dementia, which ‘chips away’ at his cognitive function each day.
While in its early stages Alzeimer’s dementia shows up as memory loss, Bruce’s family noticed a change in his speech.
In a 2024 interview with Town & Country his wife Emma Heming Willis explained how they first noticed something was wrong.
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Previous Page Next Page Emma Heming Willis married Bruce in 2009 (Picture: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)‘As his language started changing, it [seemed like it] was just a part of a stutter, it was just Bruce,’ she said, referencing Bruce’s childhood stutter.
‘Never in a million years would I think it would be a form of dementia for someone so young,’ she said.
‘I say that FTD whispers, it doesn’t shout. It’s hard for me to say, ‘This is where Bruce ended, and this is where his disease started to take over,’” she added.
What is Bruce Willis’ life like now?Bruce has a huge support network with his blended family sticking together through tough times, and his doting wife Emma, 46, giving occasional updates on the Hollywood legend’s health.
Emma and Bruce, who married in 2009, share two young daughters – Evelyn, 10, and 12-year-old Mabel.
From his 13-year marriage to Demi Moore, Bruce also has three grown up daughters, Rumer, 36, Scout, 33, and Tallulah, 30.
