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Bruce Willis isn’t ‘totally verbal’ while living with dementia

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Bruce Willis isn’t ‘totally verbal’ while living with dementia

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Actor Bruce Willis, diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in February of 2023, continues to be affected by the condition.

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