
'Something felt off', Bruce Willis's wife Emma Heming Willis now says she first noticed worrying signs of dementia during filming of the blockbuster Die Hard.
She feared the changes in her husband's behaviour were due to hearing loss from his time on Die Hard, not something more serious. Hannibalising miscommunication, lost warmth and a return of a childhood stutter were early clues all long before the diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) that was confirmed in late 2022.