Demi Moore celebrated Bruce Willis‘ 70th birthday with a gallery on Instagram of current family photos. The heartfelt images included Moore and Willis posing for the camera and their daughters lovingly embracing their father in a few candid shots. The photos provided fans with a rare glimpse at Willis, who has remained out of the spotlight since retirement from acting in 2022 due to an aphasia diagnosis. A year later, Willis’ family announced his disorder had progressed into frontotemporal dementia.
Willis and Moore were married for 13 years from 1987 to 2000 and have three children together: Rumer, Scout and Tallulah. The couple have remained close friends since their divorce and Moore continues to see Willis weekly, she revealed last fall during her awards press tour for “The Substance.”
“We love you,” Moore wrote about Willis in her Instagram caption, while Rumer posted a viral video from what looks like a few years ago of Willis and Moore happily dancing together. Rumer wrote in her caption: “To the King… I love you, Daddio.”
“Happy birthday to the Greatest of all time,” Scout wrote in her own post of photos. “Every day I thank the Gods that 50% of my DNA is from him. The music I make, the magic I create, and the magnetic mischief I incite, that’s my father’s legacy alive in the world.”
Tallulah added about her father: “He’s a spaceman, a hero with a badge, a sassy detective with unparalleled banter – and it’s been a privilege to witness all these different characters engraved into history because of his innate sprit and soul.”
Willis’ family announced his aphasia diagnosis in March 2022. The disorder is caused by brain damage and affects a person’s ability to communicate. The family wrote at the time that the disorder was impacting Willis’ “cognitive abilities” and “as a result of this and with much consideration Bruce is stepping away from the career that has meant so much to him.” A year later, the family announced Willis now had frontotemporal dementia and noted: “While this is painful, it is a relief to finally have a clear diagnosis.”
Willis’ acting career started in the early 1980s with uncredited roles in films such as Sidney Lumet’s “The Verdict.” It later exploded with his starring role opposite Cybill Shepherd in the ABC series “Moonlighting” and his performance as John McClane in the 1988 action movie “Die Hard,” which gave Willis his first major film franchise. Across his four-decade acting career, Willis’ movies grossed over $5 billion worldwide. He was nominated for five Golden Globes (winning one for “Moonlighting”) and three Emmys (winning one for “Moonlighting” and another for his “Friends” guest role).
Check out Moore’s tribute post below.
From Variety US