Bruce Willis Now Diagnosed with Dementia.
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Anonymous
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/bruce-willis-was-diagnosed-frontotemporal-dementia-what-is-it-causes-symptoms-treatments/ar-AA17AlTq This doesn’t surprise me. My SIL was diagnosed with aphasia which ended up with full dementia. |
Anonymous
| Ugh this makes me so sad. |
Anonymous
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“Friends and family of Bruce Willis believe that a head injury he suffered on the set of the 2002 action movie Tears of the Sun could be the cause of the debilitating brain disease that has ended his career, but a special effects worker on the movie denied the claim.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10674551/amp/Bruce-Willis-friends-fear-aphasia-linked-injuries-hit-head-set-2002.html |
Anonymous
Of course any such claim will be denied. Dementias are impossible to pin down to one brain injury until you dissect the brain. It's primarily genetics and then some cognitive declines are due to brain injuries (see TBIs in football players). |
Anonymous
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It still might be Alzheimer’s. Brad Paisley’s wife’s mom was
initially diagnosed with aphasia and then FTD but after death they found out it was Alzheimer’s. FYI Head injury can cause cognitive decline as a result of stroke. This happened to my mom. It is awful and so sad that he has young kids. I think it is nice that Demi Moore has been so involved. Her ex husband number 1 died from early onset Alzheimer’s. |
Anonymous
| This is sad, but he’s 67, it’s not like he’s 47. |
Anonymous
| This is what Terry Jones had as well. |
Anonymous
Agree |
Anonymous
| Loved him In Moonlighting with Cybill Sheppard. |
Anonymous
67 is when many retire, life is not over. It’s supposed to be the golden years. |
Anonymous
| I'm glad someone finally blew the whistle that he wasn't acting anymore. That he didn't even know where he was and they were feeding him lines to say. That seems to have gone on for far too long. |
Anonymous
Thanks to advances in medicine and education we have reached that point where 67 is no longer considered old! That is young! I consider that to be the point in time where I retire, travel and spend time with my grandchildren should I be so lucky to be blessed in that way. 67 is not old.... |
Anonymous
I don't have a huge amount of trust in the Daily Mail, but I hope the family doesn't go down this road. That was 20 years ago. How could you possibly tell at this point? This is sad, but sometimes 65+ year olds get dementia way before their time. |
Anonymous
| Dementia is awful. My grandfather had it for many years before he died. He was much older than Bruce Willis but it's still such a hard thing to witness. My father used to say it's like watching them die over and over again. |
Anonymous
+1 seriously, folks! |