Video: Bruce Willis celebrates 68th birthday with family amid dementia diagnosis
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On Bruce Willis 68th birthday, loved ones sang him “Happy Birthday” with heartfelt sentiments. Demi Moore, Willis’ ex-wife, posted a video of his daughters and wife Emma Heming Willis performing the serenade on Instagram, with Willis even joining in. Just a month after it was revealed he had frontotemporal dementia, the “Sixth Sense” and “Die Hard” actor was seen blowing out candles on a birthday cake. The storied performer’s family cheered the “hip-hip-hooray” after the candles went out. I wish you a very happy birthday, BW!
The caption was written by Demi Moore. I’m so glad we were able to celebrate with you today. We love you and our family. I want to thank all of you for your love and warm wishes – we all feel them. Rumer Willis, 34, Scout Willis, 31, and Tallulah Willis, 29, are the daughters of Willis and Moore. Die Hard Star Bruce Willis and Emma Heming Willis have two young children, Mabel, 10, and Evelyn, 8. A year after his battle against aphasia led him to step away from acting, Willis’ family announced he was diagnosed with dementia in February.
Bruce Willis Celebrates His 68th birthday With A Sweet Video While Battling Dementia
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On Sunday, Demi Moore wished her ex-husband Bruce Willis a happy 68th birthday on social media. The 60-year-old actress shared a video of her entire family singing happy birthday to the Die Hard star before presenting him with a candlelit apple pie. As part of the celebration, Rumer, 34, Scout, 31; and Tallulah, 29 – who also shared touching tributes on Instagram – attended with their partners. Bruce’s wife, Emma Heming, 44, whose birthday post he shared earlier in the day was seen presenting him with the confection and kissing him on the cheek. The two daughters of Bruce and Emma were also present to celebrate their dear dad’s birthday – Mabel, 10, and Evelyn, eight. In a later post, Emma – who has been married to the Moonlighting actor for around 13 years – showed off a close-up of what appeared to be a delicious apple pie. ‘I tried to get a pumpkin pie,’ the model wrote over the photo, mentioning that pumpkin is one of his favourite things. It was a no-go. His second favourite pie is apple pie.
In the caption, Emma wrote, He is pure love. It is clear that he is loved. I’ll love him forever. My sweetheart, happy birthday. Additionally, Emma posted a heartfelt message regarding her husband’s diagnosis of dementia. Emma described watching Bruce’s videos as “a knife in my heart” in her video post as she described making a reel for him. Amidst their father’s dual diagnosis of aphasia and dementia, his adult daughters shared throwback photos with him and wished him a very happy birthday. Rumer – who is expecting a baby with her boyfriend, Derek Richard Thomas, 28 – posted the video of her family singing happy birthday together. She chose a thumbnail photo of herself being carried by Bruce as a baby. In her caption, she wished Daddio a happy birthday. I love you to the moon and back. I think you are so cool. Aphasia, a brain disorder affecting his ability to understand language, forced Bruce Willis to retire from acting less than a year ago.
Happy Birthday to one of the greatest actors ever🎉🎉🎉🎉We love you🙏🏽
— Code of Vets ™ (@codeofvets) March 20, 2023
Made me smile. For all the celebrity madness out there, it’s nice to just see a normal birthday celebration for a regular guy, who just happens to be pretty good at pretending to be action heroes 🎂 Happy 68th birthday Bruce Willis.
— Mike Abel (@abelmike) March 20, 2023
Thank you for sharing this. Thinking of Bruce and all of you.
— Ⓙⓔⓕⓕ Ⓐⓑⓡⓐⓜⓞ 🍊 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 (@JeffAbramo) March 20, 2023
God bless your beautiful family ♥️ happy happy birthday to the legend, fittingly surrounded with so much unconditional love ♥️♥️♥️
— Mandira Sawhney Lalvani (@mandirasawhney) March 20, 2023
Thank you so much, Demi! 😄 Please tell him Happy Birthday for me, and kiss him for me… I might be delayed. I hope that you are doing ok, yourself. Please tell him that I love him. He'll know.
— Diana Speece (@SpeeceDiana) March 20, 2023
