Bruce Willis' wife Emma Heming says return of childhood stutter masked his decline before dementia diagnosis Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By Brian Marks For Dailymail.com Published: 21:15 EDT, 29 October 2024 | Updated: 21:17 EDT, 29 October 2024 e-mail View comments Bruce Willis ' wife Emma Heming Willis is opening up about how an early stutter he suffered from may have covered up the initial symptoms of his frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
In a new interview with Town & Country , Emma revealed that the 69-year-old movie icon had difficulty speaking early in his cognitive decline, but she initially took that to a recurrence of the 'severe stutter' that he had had dealt with through his teen years. In 2022, she and the rest of his family announced that he had been diagnosed with aphasia and would be retiring from acting. The following year, the family announced that the Pulp Fiction actor had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia , of which aphasia is a common symptom.
'For Bruce, it started with language,' the 46-year-old model explained in her interview, which was published Tuesday. Bruce Willis ' wife Emma Heming Willis is opening up about how an early stutter he suffered from may have covered up the initial symptoms of his frontotemporal dementia (FTD); pictured in 2018 in LA In a new interview with Town & Country , Emma revealed that the 69-year-old movie icon had difficulty speaking early in his cognitive decline, but she initially took that to a r.