{"id":2129,"date":"2025-03-19T15:22:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T16:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/?p=2129"},"modified":"2025-03-19T18:37:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T18:37:30","slug":"inside-bruce-willis-life-as-he-turns-70-two-years-after-heartbreaking-dementia-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/19\/inside-bruce-willis-life-as-he-turns-70-two-years-after-heartbreaking-dementia-diagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Bruce Willis\u2019 life as he turns 70 two years after heartbreaking dementia diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bruce Willis turned 70 today (Picture: Getty; Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Today Die Hard<\/a> actor Bruce Willis<\/a> turned 70, two years after it was announced the Hollywood actor had been diagnosed with dementia<\/a>. <\/p>\n

His daughter Tallulah<\/a> took to social media<\/a> to wish her ‘favourite friend’ a happy 70th. <\/p>\n

‘You are a light that can never be dimmed! I love you so proud to be your baby, she said. <\/p>\n

In an Instagram<\/a> Q and A yesterday, Bruce’s daughter Rumer gave an update on her dad<\/a>. <\/p>\n

‘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.<\/p>\n

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. <\/p>\n

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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)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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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)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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. <\/p>\n

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. <\/p>\n

While in its early stages Alzeimer’s dementia shows up as memory loss, Bruce’s family noticed a change in his speech. <\/p>\n

In a 2024 interview with Town & Country<\/a> his wife Emma Heming Willis explained<\/a> how they first noticed something was wrong. <\/p>\n

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