Overview

• Bruce Willis’s condition progressed from an aphasia diagnosis in 2022 to a confirmed frontotemporal dementia diagnosis in February 2023.
• Emma Heming Willis dedicated her Father’s Day post to fathers facing disease and disability, sharing throwback photos and confessing she feels “profoundly sad” at their family’s new reality.
• Rumer Willis described a “deep ache” to talk and reconnect with her father and lamented not asking him more questions before his communication skills declined.
• The Willis family, including Bruce’s daughters from his marriage to Demi Moore, has remained close-knit and supportive as they navigate his degenerative condition.
• Emma Heming Willis has become an advocate for dementia caregivers, highlighting both the tougher days and moments of joy such as Bruce’s eyes lighting up around his granddaughter Louetta.