It was in 2022 when Bruce Willis made the decision to retire from acting due to health problems; a year later, his family confirmed that he was suffering from frontotemporal dementia, a degenerative disease.
Day by day, the actor is losing cognitive abilities, so he requires special care at all times, and in a new update on his health, his wife, Emma Hemming, has revealed that she is already preparing for his death, and is considering donating his brain to science.
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In an interview with The WP Times, Emma Hemmings has confessed that the health of the actor from ‘Die Hard’ is increasingly delicate, a situation that leads the family to constantly think about his passing.
Emma says she is preparing for Bruce’s death, not only to give her husband the best care, but also to protect the emotional and economic state of her daughters, Mabel and Evelyn.
“It doesn’t make it less painful or difficult to overcome,” she says, “but right now, we’re on solid ground.”
Why will Emma Hemming donate Bruce Willis’ brain when he dies?
The actor’s wife also confirmed that when the actor dies, his brain will be donated to science to advance research on frontotemporal dementia, a decision that has been difficult, but that she considers to be the best.
“It’s an emotionally difficult step, but important for research,” assures Hemming, as he says it could help find a cure for this degenerative disease that has no treatment or cure.
For the family, it’s a way to transform a painful experience into a concrete contribution to science and to other people who, today or in the future, face a similar diagnosis.
