Willis was diagnosed first with aphasia -- a condition where the brain's ability to understand or express language is impaired, according to the National Institutes of Health -- in 2022 before receiving an additional diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia in 2023, according to his family.

Bruce Willis took time to thank first responders in Los Angeles as the city’s devastating wildfires continue to burn. The actor — in an Instagram video shared by his wife, Emma Heming Willis, on Thursday — is seen shaking hands and posing for photos with Los Angeles police officers working during the fires,

Bruce Willis, diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2023, recently made a rare public appearance — for good reason.

The iconic actor, in the midst of a dementia diagnosis, took time to visit first responders battling the Los Angeles wildfires in a rare new video.

In an Instagram post shared by his wife Emma Heming Willis on Thursday, Willis can be seen shaking hands with a Los Angeles police officer.

Bruce Willis is showing his gratitude for the first responders in Los Angeles as several wildfires ripped through the city over the past week.

If that doesn’t warm your heart, I don’t know what will.

In what’s believed to be his first public sighting since retiring from acting, Bruce Willis made sure to thank first responders battling the blazes in Los Angeles.