Extending thoughts, prayers, and deepest sympathies to the willis… Bruce Willis aged 69 Diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in February that followed an aphasia diagnosis… it’s with profound sadness and heavy heart we share the sad news about Bruce, who has been confirmed to be…..see more.”

“When you take away sometimes some of the stuff that gets in the way from how we all connect every day, the self-judgement or whatever it is, it’s about the connection and the love that you have. It’s so powerful and so present, which is so nice.”

The Willis family announced in March 2022 that the “Die Hard” star would be stepping away from acting due to health issues. At the time, they shared that he had developed a disorder called aphasia, which leads to difficulties writing and speaking.

The following year, in February 2023, they confirmed that Bruce Willis’ condition had progressed and that they had a definitive diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia, aka FTD, a degenerative disease that primarily affects communication and behavior, as opposed to memory, like other types of dementia.

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“The most beautiful aspect of this in a certain way is … I think sometimes our minds get in the way,” Rumer Willis continued.

The last update on Bruce Willis’ health came from daughter Rumer Willis, who answered questions about him when stopping by TODAY on May 29, 2024. She told co-anchor Hoda Kotb that he was doing “so good” and recently enjoyed spending time with his granddaughter, Louetta.

She also shared that his condition is “ever-evolving” and that she and her family focus on the love they’re surrounded by when with him.

“When there’s not that anxiety or stuff that’s there every day that we all move through the world with, the biggest connection that we all have is just through such a depth of loving,” Rumer Willils explained. “It’s so nice.”

She shared another update at the premiere of her new movie, “My Divorce Party,” a few weeks before on May 2.

“He’s great. Yeah, yeah, doing OK. Thank you so much for asking,” Rumer Willis told Fox News.

Bruce Willis’ wife, Emma Heming Willis, 45, previously shared a glimpse of how he’s doing in March 2024, when she took to Instagram to slam headlines reporting incorrect information about his condition.

She started the clip by saying how claims that her husband had “no more joy” due to his condition “triggered” her.

“I can just tell you, that is far from the truth,” Heming Willis explained. “I need society and whoever’s writing these stupid headlines to stop scaring people. Stop scaring people to think that once they get a diagnosis of some kind of neurocognitive disease that that’s it, it’s over.”

“No, it is the complete opposite of that, OK? 100% there is grief and sadness, there is all of that. But you start a new chapter … filled with love … connection … joy … happiness. That’s where we are,” she added.

Two months prior, in January 2024, Bruce Willis’ ex-wife, Demi Moore, spoke to Andy Cohen on his SiriusXM show, Radio Andy, about Bruce’s condition and caregiving.

“When you let go of who they’ve been, or who you think they (are), or who even you would like them to be, you can then really stay in the present and take in the joy and the love that is present and there for all that they are, not all that they’re not,” she said.