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The New Daily
John Elder and Louise Talbot

The disease that has left Hollywood action hero Bruce Willis speechless: Aphasia explained

Bruce Willis was a master of the pithy one-liner, now compromised by aphasia.

We don’t know yet how veteran Hollywood actor Bruce Willis, master of the pithy one-liner while under fire, has lost the ability to communicate.

In an Instagram post signed by his current wife Emma Heming Willis, ex-wife Demi Moore and his children Rumer, Scout, Tallulah, Mabel and Evelyn on March 30, his family wrote Willis had been “experiencing some health issues and has recently been diagnosed with aphasia, which is impacting his cognitive abilities”.

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