the actor Bruce Williswho retired last year due to his struggles Loss of ability to speaka language disorder, has received a definitive medical diagnosis and suffers from kind of dementia that caused Your health worsensaccording to what his family reported on Thursday.
“Although it’s painful, it’s a relief to finally get a clear diagnosis: Frontotemporal dementiaThe official statement was released by his family this Thursday via the Frontotemporal Degeneration Association website and Rumer Willis’ Instagram account, the eldest daughter of actor and actress Demi Moore.
frontotemporal dementia (FTD) It affects the frontal lobe of the brain and causes changes in behavior, in addition to speech impediment.
And the text attributed to his wife Emma Heming Willis and his ex-wife Demi Moore and his wife adds Rumer, Kashaf, Tallulah, Mabel and Evelyn.
The news comes nearly a year after Willis announced his retirement due to an initial diagnosis of aphasia, which shocked his fellow professionals.
As explained by the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA), aphasia is being considered A language disorder caused by brain damage It affects language through expression and understanding. In addition, it can appear suddenly.
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For nearly four decades, Willis has starred in numerous hits starting with ‘Crystal Forest (1988) and its sequels and other titles such as “disaster(1998) or “The Sixth Sense” (2001) Golden Globe – he was nominated five times for those awards – and an Emmy Award from three nominations.
In recent years, he has greatly reduced his projects. ‘Motherless Brooklyn’ and ‘Glass’, both 2019 films, were the last two high-budget projects in which he landed a leading role.
