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Apr 1, 2022 · The family of Bruce Willis announced that the actor was diagnosed with aphasia, a condition that can affect speech and cognition. Dave J Hogan/Getty Images. The family of Bruce Willis shared that ...
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Apr 6, 2022 · The family of actor Bruce Willis recently announced that he would be stepping away from acting following an aphasia diagnosis – a language disorder caused by damage to the areas of the brain responsible for expression and comprehension. On Feb. 16, 2023, Willis’s family released a statement that his condition had progressed.
Mar 30, 2022 · The cognitive disorder that Bruce Willis’ family says has effectively ended his acting career is likely a rarer form of a neurodegenerative condition that affects fewer than 200,000 people in ...
Feb 17, 2023 · After retiring from acting in March 2022 due to a speaking disorder called aphasia, Bruce Willis, 67, has since been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, his family announced on February 16.
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Mar 31, 2022 · A RUSH speech therapist clears up some misconceptions about aphasia. About 180,000 Americans are diagnosed with aphasia each year, but it took a movie star to bring the condition into the spotlight. Last week, the family of Bruce Willis revealed he had the language disorder, which can affect a person’s ability to speak, listen, read and write.
Feb 17, 2023 · 5. Andrew Thurston. Less than a year after Bruce Willis’ family shared that the famed actor had the neurological disorder aphasia, they’ve announced that his condition has progressed and that he has a new diagnosis: frontotemporal dementia. A group of disorders characterized by a progressive degeneration of nerve cells in the frontal lobe ...
Mar 30, 2022 · March 30, 2022 4:44 PM PT. Action-movie star Bruce Willis is stepping away from acting after being diagnosed with the brain disorder called aphasia, his family said Wednesday. The condition ...
