Bruce really was. a. shit. ''actor''...
Never liked the cocky, talentless c*nt.
shareWhen did he die?
shareIn a way he is dead. He now has a memory ailment that prevents him from remembering who everyone around him is. He's physically alive but mentally, he's gone. Just like my Grandma.
shareI got to see him playing with one of his two youngest daughters. He's not a shell of a human being. He was running around like a maniac with the girl on his back, laughing and having himself a time. He likely doesn't remember everyone's name or the next line perfectly, so he can't act. He can laugh and feel his OWN emotions, but not those written on a page.
And that's okay, because chances are you can't, either, and you don't consider yourself dead.
Sorry. It's just I have a Grandma who has had dimentia quite a few years and she can't remember who me or anyone in my family is anymore. I assumed it was like that with Bruce Willis. I am glad Bruce is at least able to enjoy being around his grandkids. But it's still a terrible thing that everyone in his family has to endure. My Grandma is at the point where she can't even remember her own name or where she is.
shareI'm so sorry to hear about your Grandmother. As you know, it's progressive, and possibly Bruce is merely in the early stages. But he may not even have the kind of dementia that, sadly, your Grandmother has or that most people have heard about, Alzheimer's. That's the one that Glen Campbell had. One of the members of Monty Python, Terry Jones, died recently of a different kind of dementia -- Primary Progressive Aphasia. Robin Williams suffered from a different disease called Lewy Body Dementia. I think with all of them, though, once it's progressed far enough, it's as bad as what you described.
Thing is, the family is being pretty tight-lipped about exactly WHAT is causing Bruce's aphasia -- and that's all they're copping to, aphasia. That means he has trouble with words -- understanding them, recognizing their meaning, remembering the right one. A stroke could do that. Sadly, so far as I can tell, nothing that he could recover from could do that.
I'm praying for your Grandmother! And for your family. As Glen Campbell's song, "I'm Not Gonna Miss You," points out, the person with the dementia has it easy compared to the family. Hang in there! (And sorry for being such a snot in my earlier response, but I feel protective of Bruce in his current condition. Fanthink and all that. Not that it's an excuse.)
Thank you and it's okay. I can see how my words might have sounded rude if taken in the wrong way.
shareHe retired. Now he spends time with his extended family.
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