According to friend Glenn Gordon Caron, Bruce Willis, 68, has frontotemporal dementia and is “not totally verbal” but “when you’re with him, you know that he’s Bruce.”
The “Die Hard” actor’s health is deteriorating, and Caron, 69, told the New York Post in an interview published on Wednesday that his “language skills are no longer available to him,” but he’s “still Bruce.”
Bruce.”
The 1980s television program “Moonlighting,” which Caron produced, starring Willis. Willis would be “very happy” to learn that the comedy-drama series he and Cybill Shepherd starred in is currently available to view on Hulu, according to Caron.
“I know he’s really happy that the show is going to be available for people, even though he can’t tell me that,” Caron, 69, told The Post of Willis, who is retired from acting. “When I got to spend time with him we talked about it, and I know he’s excited.”
“The thing that makes (Willis’ disease) so mind-blowing is if you’ve ever spent time with Bruce Willis, there is no one who had any more joie de vivre than he,” Caron added. “He loved life and … just adored waking up every morning and trying to live life to its fullest.
“When you’re with him, you know that he’s Bruce and you’re grateful that he’s there, but the joie de vivre is gone.”