Rumer Willis praises dad Bruce in rare public comment amid his Dementia battle

The Irish Sun

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RUMER Willis has praised her dad Bruce in a rare public comment amid his Dementia battle.
Following
in her much loved father's footsteps,
is also becoming an action hero.
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Rumer Willis has praised her dad Bruce in a rare public comment amid his Dementia battle
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Rumer shared adorable images with her Dad Bruce Willis for his birthday
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Bruce Willis' fans have been concerned for the actor since his diagnosis
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had his first three children in the late 80s and 90s, with actress and ex-wife,
.
The five girls, along with Demi and Emma, released a joint statement in March 2022 sharing that
is a medical condition resulting in the inability to understand words and communicate clearly, aphasia typically occurs after a stroke or head injury.
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dementia
(FTD).
FTD is "an umbrella term for a group of brain diseases that mainly affect the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain", according to the Mayo Clinic.
The site states: "These areas of the brain are associated with personality, behavior, and
language
."
Born August 16, 1988, in
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She made her
film
debut in Now And Then (1995), acting alongside her mother, and has also appeared in three films with her father - The Whole Nine Years (2000), Hostage (2005), and Air Strike (2018).
In 2015 she made her Broadway debut in the musical Chicago and also won season 20 of Dancing with the Stars.
Bruce Willis' daughter shares rare update on dad's health amid tragic dementia battle
She also starred in
In her new movie, out in theatres now, Rumer
is playing a widow on the warpath in filmmaker Johnny Remo's
Trail of Vengeance.
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And she has praised her father's career as part of the reason for her own desire to jump into the genre.
In a recent interview she said: "My dad is such an action man."
She added: "My mom's done her fair share [of action] as well."
Mom Demi starred in GI Jane and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle.
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Speaking to
She added: "I felt like a little kid when I found out I got [this role]"
She also shared that she is a huge fan of the Western genre including Taylor Sheridan's Yellowstone and 1883.
Set in 1875, Trails of Vengeance follows Rumer's character, Katherine Atherton, a widow whose life is upended by her husband's murder, orchestrated by a nefarious colonel.
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But in her quest for vengeance, she unexpectedly crosses paths with a former Pinkerton agent, a man with a troubled past.
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Rumer shared that she is a huge fan of the Western genre including Taylor Sheridan's Yellowstone and 1883
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Rumer is starring in a new film out in theatres now
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