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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Briane Nebria

Can Bruce Willis Still Recognise His Family? Reps Confirm Star Is 'Alive and Well' Amid Viral Death Hoax

Bruce Willis (Credit: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)

Bruce Willis was dragged into another online false alarm over the weekend, when representatives for the actor said he was 'alive and well' after rumours of his death spread across the internet.​

The hoax landed while Willis continues to live with frontotemporal dementia, or FTD, a diagnosis his wife Emma Heming Willis shared publicly in early 2023. The report says his condition is stable, though slowly declining, which is far less dramatic than the version that raced through social media feeds.

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