The day Bruce Willis stopped recognizing Demi Moore: “She had no idea he had fallen so far”

The environment of Bruce Willis He lives with anguish the progression of his illness. The actor, diagnosed last February with frontotemporal dementia, is unable to recognize his loved ones. And he doesn’t know how to read and barely speaks. His friend recently told it, Glen Gordon Caroncreator of the eighties series Moonlight, In an interview. Statements to which are now added new discouraging data.

As reported Closer Weekly, who had access to a source close to the family, the interpreter failed to recognize Demi Moore. The actress, who was married to him for ten years, went to visit him after taking a trip to Italy and, to her surprise, the artist did not know who she was. The interpreter encountered a strong shock of reality: The disease was advancing by leaps and bounds.

“His memory faded. Realizing that he didn’t really recognize her, Demi is devastated. “She had no idea that he had fallen so far,” the informant explained to the aforementioned media. A pain that Moore shares with the actor’s relatives, whom he helps in any way he can.

“Dementia is difficult. It is difficult for the person diagnosed; it is also hard for the family,” said the actor’s wife, Emma Heming, on September 25 on the program Today (NBC). ““When they say it’s a family disease, it really is.”he added.

The friends of the protagonist of Die Hard are also devastated by the advance of the disease. “My feeling is that, between one and three minutes, he knows who I am”Glen Gordon Caron explained a few weeks ago to Page Six.

“He’s not fully verbal anymore. He used to be a voracious reader and now he doesn’t read. All those language skills are no longer available to him. But he’s still Bruce. When you’re with him, you know he’s Bruce and you’re grateful he’s there.” over there, But the joy of living was gone.”lament.

The actor was initially diagnosed with aphasia, a disease that affects speech and the ability to communicate, but weeks later the diagnosis was even more forceful.