Dementia Isn’t One Disease ~ Bruce Willis' Unfortunate Diagnosis

frontotemporal dementia: What are the symptoms of FTD?

By Richard Sima
Kelyn Soong
Caitlin Gilbert
and  Marlene Cimons
The Washington Post
February 16, 2023 at 9:07 p.m. EST

Actor Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a rare type of dementia, his family announced Thursday. The disease, also known as frontotemporal lobar degeneration, has no treatment or cure.

Willis’s family said in March that he had been diagnosed with aphasia, a communication disorder, and was retiring. In their announcement Thursday, Willis’s family said his “condition has progressed and we now have a more specific diagnosis: frontotemporal dementia.”  Article in its entirety here...