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Since Bruce Willis retired from his decades-long career in Hollywood, he has grown closer to his ex-wife, Demi Moore, while his current wife, Emma Hemmingtries to help him communicate. His family announced last March that the legendary 67-year-old actor suffered from aphasia, a disorder that affects the person’s ability to speak and understand language.
Since then, his condition has declined, a source close to the family told RadarOnline. His loved ones now come together to spend every moment they can together. “They know he won’t always be there“said the anonymous source. So they cherish every moment.
The source went on to say that Demi Moore “has been in constant contact with Bruce and Emma“.
“She takes every opportunity to spend time with him.“, it was added: “If she’s not by his side, she calls him on the phone so Bruce can hear her voice“.
The blended family is now spending the holidays in Idaho together, like they do every year. “It was always a special moment“, said the source. The family traditions they loved continued, such as sleepovers and game nights.
The source added that Demi and Emma have also grown closer by working together to help the struggling actor.
Bruce can’t say much. Emma was therefore his voice and his communicator. It seems like he’s drifting further and further away from them and it’s breaking their hearts, the source says. It was “painful to see it deteriorate”. “The older girls miss the old Bruce – the one who teased them about their boyfriends and gave them unsolicited advice“.
As Christmas approaches,all they can do is tell them they love her and pray for a Christmas miracle“. Bruce married Emma in 2009, and together they have daughters, Mabel and Evelyn. The Die Hard star was married to Demi Moore from 1987 to 2000. They had daughters together Rumor, Tallulah and Scout. Earlier this year, Bruce’s family revealed he was stepping back from performing due to his aphasia diagnosis.
What is aphasia, which Bruce Willis suffers from?
In March 2022, the announcement on Wednesday of the end of the career of actor Bruce Willis, who suffers from aphasia, shone the spotlight on this language disorder little known to the general public, although it affects many people.
Aphasia is a language disorder caused by brain damage. They most often result from a sudden event, such as a cerebrovascular accident (CVA), or head trauma.
Most “there are other possibilities, such as a degenerative disease“, for example Alzheimer’s, then causing progressive damage, explained to AFP Brenda Rapp, of Johns Hopkins University.
Bruce Willis’ family did not detail the cause of his aphasia. “Aphasia simply means that someone has a language problem that they weren’t born with.“, summed up Hugo Botha, a neurologist at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.
The ability to speak, understand others, read and write is then affected. About two million Americans suffer from aphasia, according to the National Aphasia Association, more than Parkinson’s disease.