Rumer Willis pays tribute to her father amid dementia battle

November 21, 2023

Rumer Willis has paid tribute to her father, actor Bruce Willis, as he continues to battle dementia.

The 68-year-old Die Hard star retired from the screen last year as his condition deteriorated further.

He was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia – a rare and aggressive form of the cognitive disease which affects behaviour, personality, and language – in February this year.

Rumer, 35, took to Instagram today to post a photo of the pair together when she was a baby.

"Really missing my papa today," the caption read.

In the photo, a shirtless Bruce can be seen smiling as he gazes lovingly at his young daughter.

Glenn Gordon Caron, the creator of Moonlighting – the 1980s comedy drama which helped launch Bruce's career – last month told the New York Post the actor is "not totally verbal".

"All those language skills are no longer available to him, and yet he’s still Bruce."

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