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Los Angeles: Actor Bruce Willis’ family announced Wednesday that the 67-year-old action hero will retire from acting due to “health problems”, most notably his loss of speech.
And the family said in a post on Instagram that “Bruce suffered from some health problems and his recent diagnosis was found to have aphasia (aphasia), which affects his cognitive abilities.”
“Therefore, following careful consideration, Bruce is stepping down from this profession that meant so much to him,” the family added.
The post is signed by Willis’ current wife Emma Hemming Willis, his ex-wife, actress Demi Moore, and his children Rumer, Scout, Talula, Mabel and Evelyn.
“It’s a really difficult phase for our family and we deeply appreciate your continued love, sympathy and support,” the family continued in the post.
She stressed that she faces this situation “as a strong family unit.” “We wanted to engage his fans because we know how much he means to you, and what you mean to him,” she wrote.
According to the Mayo Clinic, “aphasia usually occurs suddenly following a stroke or head injury” and may “robbing your ability to communicate, affecting your ability to speak, write, and understand oral and written language.”
Bruce Willis was first known in the eighties of the twentieth century through the TV series “Moonlighting” alongside Sybil Shepherd, but he rose to fame in 1988 thanks to his portrayal of the indomitable hero John McClain in the action movie “Die Hard”, which made him an international star.
Then the film was followed by two more parts in the nineties, which established the fame of Bruce Willis, who thanks to this series of films became one of the most prominent stars in the genre.
After a series of successes until the first decade of the twenty-first century, the actor’s star began to decline and his name no longer attracts the audience to the same extent or achieves the films in which he shares the commercial success.
