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Bruce Willis Battles Dementia: Family Shares Heartbreaking Struggles

10/18/2025

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Bruce Willis, actor, was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2023, and his family supports him.
Emma Heming Willis told Vogue Australia their daughters, Mabel and Evelyn, are struggling and miss milestones, a situation echoed by over 11 million U.S. dementia caregivers.
Willis now lives separately to ensure 24/7 care.
Emma Heming Willis told Diane Sawyer that Willis still shows brief moments of his former self, but his brain is failing.

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Bruce Willis, actor, was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2023, and his family supports him.
Emma Heming Willis told Vogue Australia their daughters, Mabel and Evelyn, are struggling and miss milestones, a situation echoed by over 11 million U.S. dementia caregivers.
Willis now lives separately to ensure 24/7 care.
Emma Heming Willis told Diane Sawyer that Willis still shows brief moments of his former self, but his brain is failing.