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Headline: Bruce Willis' wife won't 'shield' daughters from his dementia

Caption: Emma Heming Willis refuses to "sugarcoat" the reality of her husband's dementia and believes their young daughters are better off knowing the truth. Bruce, 69, was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) last year, after having been diagnosed with aphasia, or loss of language, the year prior. He and Emma, 46, share Mabel Ray, 12, and Evelyn, 10. "This disease is misdiagnosed, it's missed, it's misunderstood, so finally getting to a diagnosis was key so that I could learn what frontotemporal dementia is and I could educate our children.”

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