According to a friend of the iconic actor, Bruce Willis is not totally verbal and facing a challenging battle with dementia, which is impacting his ability to communicate. Let’s learn more about what his friend had to say.
Bruce Willis Is Not Totally Verbal, Longtime Friend
His close friend and director, Glenn Gordon Caron, has recently shed light on the actor’s deteriorating condition, emphasizing that his ability to communicate has sharply declined in the wake of this degenerative disease.
Glenn Gordon Caron, who shares a longstanding friendship with Willis and had a pivotal role in the actor’s career, revealed that he attempts to visit the iconic “Die Hard” star approximately once a month since the diagnosis.
During these visits, Caron notes that Willis still appears to recognize him, albeit only for the initial one to three minutes of their encounters. He pointed out that Willis, once a voracious reader who secretly cherished literature, is now incapable of reading.
The loss of these language skills, according to Caron, has been a significant blow to the actor’s abilities. However, despite these cognitive impairments, the essence of Bruce Willis, the person, remains intact.
Caron eloquently described the experience of being in Willis’s presence, acknowledging that the actor is still unmistakably “Bruce.” Yet, the vibrant spirit and zest for life that once defined him have notably dwindled, leaving behind a noticeable absence of the former “joie de vivre.”
Reflecting on the paradox of Willis’s condition, Caron expressed his astonishment, given that he had spent considerable time with the actor before the onset of dementia. He emphasized that Willis had always exuded an unparalleled enthusiasm for life, cherishing each day with an insatiable appetite for living life to the fullest.
This revelation about Bruce Willis’s battle with frontotemporal dementia came less than a year after he ceased performing due to an aphasia diagnosis.
According to the National Institute on Aging in the United States, frontotemporal dementia results from the damage to neurons in the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain, leading to a myriad of challenges, including alterations in personality, behavior, and judgment. While cognition may be affected, it’s noteworthy that memory can often remain relatively intact.
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