The actor Bruce Willis 69, appeared in new clicks and in a video with his wife Emma Heming and the couple’s daughters, Mabel Ray and Evelyn Penn, this Monday (23). He suffers from frontotemporal dementia that usually causes a symptom called aphasia which affects the speech and communication of people with the condition.
The first photo in the sequence was of Bruce Willis with his wife and two daughters in a family portrait. “Them, always,” wrote Emma in the Instagram Story post.
Then, the actor appeared playing golf with his daughter and, later, carrying one of the girls on his shoulders as they walked through the streets of a city.
Finally, Willis crooned in a video in which he appeared to be enjoying a sunny day in his backyard. See image of the recording below:
What is aphasia?
The Hollywood star, famous for several films such as “Die Hard” and “The Sixth Sense”, suffers from aphasia, a symptom that “affects the ability to speak, write and understand verbal and written language”, according to Mayo Clinic.
While there are no further details about the actor’s health, a post on his daughter’s Instagram account indicated that he “has been experiencing some health issues” and aphasia “is affecting his cognitive abilities.”
According to the Mayo Clinic, this condition can be caused by a stroke, traumatic brain injury, brain tumor or degenerative disease.
Furthermore, “the severity of aphasia depends on several factors, including the cause and extent of brain damage.”
The condition can also occur suddenly, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), which belongs to the National Institutes of Health in the United States.
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This content was originally published in Bruce Willis’ wife posts new clicks and video of the star with his family on the CNN Brasil website.
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