Bruce Willis diagnosed with dementia

[Mr Janny]

Really unfortunate and sad.

Bruce Willis’ condition worsens, diagnosed with ‘cruel’ frontotemporal dementia

The “Die Hard” star’s family first announced his aphasia diagnosis and retirement from acting in March 2022.

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[Pope]

So sad. Lost my mother to Alzheimer's. It's a sad sad sad way to go.

 

[isucy86]

Yea very tragic at his age. A heavy responsibility for his family.

 

[JP4CY]

That's one of my fears. Not being able to enjoy retirement after so many years working and not getting the chance to buy grandkids pure sugar filled treats.

 

[Remo Gaggi]

I think that car crash after hitting Marcellus Wallace and killing Maynard and Zed might have led to this sad diagnosis.

 

[CyCrazy]

That took my one grandma, its rough.

 

[CtownCyclone]

Bad deal. My uncle had dementia. Went downhill quick.

 

[cowgirl836]

FTD is a bit different from Alzhiemers - earlier onset, often starts as personality changes, word recall (like Bruce) but ultimately the end result is the same. Seems like it starts very slow and then moves faster

 

[jsb]

FTD is a bit different from Alzhiemers - earlier onset, often starts as personality changes, word recall (like Bruce) but ultimately the end result is the same. Seems like it starts very slow and then moves faster

Might explain why the had the other diagnosis a couple of years ago.

 

[cowgirl836]

Might explain why the had the other diagnosis a couple of years ago.

My understanding is you don't see quite the same plaques that you do with Alzhiemers so it's more a game of ruling other things out. Would make sense in his line of work the aphasia would come up as an issue to be looked into and not be written off as age related forgetfulness.

 

[Rabbuk]

My understanding is you don't see quite the same plaques that you do with Alzhiemers so it's more a game of ruling other things out. Would make sense in his line of work the aphasia would come up as an issue to be looked into and not be written off as age related forgetfulness.

It's also easy to forget Bruce Willis is almost 70 because he looks like a 50 year old.

 

[jsb]

My understanding is you don't see quite the same plaques that you do with Alzhiemers so it's more a game of ruling other things out. Would make sense in his line of work the aphasia would come up as an issue to be looked into and not be written off as age related forgetfulness.

Yeah, I’ve been trying to learn more about this stuff since you think Alzheimer’s when you hear dementia. But I have a family member with early Parkinson’s and dementia is something that accompanies that sometimes.

 

[CyJack13]

Yea very tragic at his age. A heavy responsibility for his family.

Rumor? Not sure who else is in his family but assume they are less ugly.

 

[CYCLNST8]

Now I have a vision of terrorists attacking an old folks home and Bruce Willis fights all them off one at a time.