Bruce Willis, 69, sits in passenger seat as he goes for a drive in LA amid dementia battle
Bruce Willis was spotted sitting in the passenger seat of his car as he was taken for a drive through sunny Los Angeles this week amid his battle with dementia.
He retired from Hollywood in 2022 after being diagnosed with the brain condition aphasia, which causes the patient’s language skills to deteriorate.
Last year, his family announced that his illness had “worsened” and that he had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
The 69-year-old was spotted this week driving through Studio City, which has become known as an enclave for those working in the entertainment sector.
The Die Hard icon wore a striped polo shirt with a blue collar and fended off the California rays with a black baseball cap.
Bruce Willis was spotted sitting in the passenger seat of his car as he was taken for a drive through sunny Los Angeles this week amid his battle with dementia
Bruce is surrounded by his close-knit blended family, who have rallied around him to help him cope with his health issues.
He has been married to model Emma Heming, 46, since 2009, with whom he shares his two youngest daughters Mabel, 12, and Evelyn, 10.
The Red star is also friendly with his ex-wife Demi Moore, the mother of his three eldest daughters Rumer, 36, Scout, 33, and Tallulah, 30.
Over the weekend, Demi shared an update on Bruce’s condition while speaking onstage at the 2024 Hamptons International Film Festival.
“You know, I’ve said this before. The disease is what the disease is. And I think you have to have a deep acceptance of what that is. But where he is now, he is stable,” Demi said in a conversation with moderator Alina Cho. People.
Demi had seen Bruce two days prior to her appearance at the film festival, when he enjoyed a visit with Rumer’s daughter Louetta, his first grandchild.
She makes it a point to find quality time with Bruce, adhering to the idea of ”being able to share everything we have, however long we have.”
Demi also shared her advice about having a loved one with dementia: “What I always encourage is to just meet them where they are.”
The 69-year-old was spotted this week driving through Studio City, which has become known as an enclave for those working in the entertainment sector
He has been married to model Emma Heming, 46, since 2009, with whom he shares his two youngest daughters Mabel, 12, and Evelyn, 10.
The Red star also shares a friendly bond with his ex-wife Demi Moore, mother of his three eldest daughters Rumer, 36, Scout, 33, and Tallulah, 30
Bruce is surrounded by his close-knit blended family, including both his wives and all of his daughters, who have rallied around him to help him cope with his health issues.
She added: “If you cling to what was, I think it’s a losing game. But when you come and meet them where they are, there is great beauty and sweetness.”
Glenn Gordon Caron, the creator of Bruce’s star-studded 1980s series Moonlighting, commented last October that he was losing his “joie de vivre” and “language skills.”
“My feeling is that he knows who I am within the first minute or three,” Glenn said in a devastating interview with the New York Post.
“He’s not completely verbal; he was a voracious reader – he didn’t want anyone to know that – and he doesn’t read anymore.’