Bruce Willis has dementia and is stepping away from acting

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Bruce Willis diagnosed with aphasia frontotemporal dementia, is "stepping away" from acting - Newport Buzz

Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with aphasia, a form of frontotemporal dementia, his family announced Wednesday on social media.

www.thenewportbuzz.com

Sad news and an end to an amazing career.

 

[100proof]

More Redbox checks for John Cusack and Nic Cage.

Sucks for his family. No one should have to watch their loved one deteriorate like that.

 

[wyo]

Sad indeed. He's not been right for some time, maybe 5-10 years?

 

[Trevor spencer]

If you had a pot-belly, I would punch you in it.

 

[roker]

If you had a pot-belly, I would punch you in it.

You post maybe 3 times a year and this is your contribution?

Great movie, btw.

Probably why he wasn't at the Oscars for this:

 

[Trevor spencer]

I used to post loads back in the day and then I got old.

Just showing Bruce some respect for pulp fiction, one of the best films of all time.

 

[kernow]

If you could step away from posting that would be great!

 

[Ralfakick]

I heard this a couple weeks ago. Evidently he acted on Broadway and during that and his most recent “movies” he’s had to wear an earpiece so his lines can be fed to him. Shame, his hometown in Jersey is right over the bridge near me.

 

[Burning Fight!!]

So it has been confirmed then? I wonder if the family was forced to do an announcement after people suddenly started to question his output of bargain bin movies.

We have two different genres called Bruceplotation now. Great.

 

[Fygee]

Same thing that Terry Jones suffered and eventually died from. Terrible shame and a bad way to go.

 

[NeoSneth]

Im no Neurologist, but i thought Aphasia wasnt an ongoing disease like Alzheimer's. Isn't from a traumatic injury in most cases?

 

[HellioN]

Suck.
Seems like an alright duder.

 

[voltronbadass]

An excuse to cover for his last ten years of shitty movies, sure buddy I have dementia too.

 

[Lagduf]

An excuse to cover for his last ten years of shitty movies, sure buddy I have dementia too.

I liked him in Glass, granted it wasn’t an award winning performance. Probably the last film I saw him in.

 

[Fygee]

Im no Neurologist, but i thought Aphasia wasnt an ongoing disease like Alzheimer's. Isn't from a traumatic injury in most cases?

Aphasia itself is just a symptom of front lobe damage in general, which in this case is degeneration from dementia.

 

[terry.330]

Seems like an alright duder.

Tell that to everyone that ever worked with him lol.

He was a notorious asshole.

 

[SouthtownKid]

Tell that to everyone that ever worked with him lol.

He was a notorious asshole.

The only person I've really heard that from is Kevin Smith, who I'm not inclined to trust.

 

[StevenK]

Tell that to everyone that ever worked with him lol.

He was a notorious asshole.

Movie stars that aren't notorious assholes:

Keanu Reeves
Will Smi
oh

 

[ratson]

The only person I've really heard that from is Kevin Smith, who I'm not inclined to trust.

Cybill Sheperd said it too. He also drank 2 bottles of wodka a day in the 90s. That probably didn't help either

 

[roker]

The only person I've really heard that from is Kevin Smith, who I'm not inclined to trust.

Yeah I mean we only heard one side. Not for nothing, Kevin Smith admitted he was stoned the entire time on the set, something that Bruce became frustrated with.

A Thorough Look At The Public Feud Between Bruce Willis And Kevin Smith

When Kevin Smith worked with Bruce Willis on the set of Live Free or Die Hard (2007), their relationship was nearly perfect. Both hailing from New Jersey (though Willis spent his first two years in Germany), the two stars got along swimmingly and even kept in touch after production had ended....

www.ranker.com

Have you ever tried talking to a fat guy while he was stoned? (this was before his fatass went vegan)

 

[NeoSneth]

Yeah, that would probably piss me off as well. I know people think they are great functional stoners....just like there are great functional alcoholics.

 

[HellioN]

The only person I've really heard that from is Kevin Smith, who I'm not inclined to trust.

Kevin Smith is a poo poo head.

 

[Fygee]

From what I've read over the years, Bruce was pretty nice to his fans, but a total dick on set.

 

[terry.330]

Yeah it's not just Smith, whom no doubt exaggerated it just like everything else that's ever come out of his mouth. There's a lot of accounts of him being a total dick going all the way back to Moonlighting.

 

[roker]

From what I've read over the years, Bruce was pretty nice to his fans, but a total dick on set.

I dunno, that's probably true. I'm not sure why we hold these guys to a higher standard. I just enjoy the work of these actors, artists, writers, etc. I mean is he the only one ... FUCK NO. I was going to answer this with a list but I think it would take too long to think of every story I've heard of actors being assholes.