Hollywood action film legend Bruce Willis is in an advanced stage of his battle with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), an incurable degenerative brain disease that affects speech, behaviour and personality. The illness has led him to retire from acting and withdraw from public life.
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According to a report in the British newspaper Daily Mail, sources close to the family revealed that the 71-year-old actor now lives in his private single-storey home under round-the-clock medical care. The cost is estimated at more than $30,000 a month, paid for by his wife, Emma Heming, from the fortune he built over his career.
The source said the actor now "lives in his own world" and is largely unaware of the extent of his mental decline. He has changed from a lively man into a very quiet one, and struggles greatly to find words and express himself, with a stammer he had as a child returning, which he cannot control.
Alongside the strong family support provided by his wife Emma, his daughters and his former wife, actress Demi Moore, the report highlighted a painful side: most of his Hollywood friends have distanced themselves from him since he stopped working in films.
Despite his isolation, his family works to surround him with a cheerful atmosphere and to enjoy simple activities that still bring him pleasure, such as listening to Neil Diamond songs, going for drives, and eating ice cream, holding on to the moments of genuine affection that remain with him.
