Bruce Willis smiles and dons Dodgers cap on drive with bodyguard in LA amid aphasia and dementia battle

Bruce Willis smiled during a Sunday thrust successful Los Angeles, arsenic nan character continues his wellness conflict pinch aphasia and dementia.

The Pulp Fiction actor, 69, was seated successful nan rider spot of a achromatic conveyance clad successful a achromatic Los Angeles Dodgers mesh ballcap, arsenic nan hometown squad holds a 2-0 lead complete nan New York Yankees in nan ongoing World Series.

Willis wore a achromatic zip-up hoodie overgarment pinch a achromatic T-shirt on nan autumn time successful Southern California.

The Die Hard prima appeared relaxed and successful an upbeat temper amid nan daytime trek.

The Sixth Sense actor is begetter to 5 daughters: Mabel Ray, 12, and Evelyn, 10, with woman Emma Heming Willis, 46; and Rumer, 36, Scout, 33, and Tallulah, 30, pinch ex-wife Demi Moore, 61.

Willis' outing came little than 2 weeks aft Heming took to Instagram pinch a retro changeable of herself and Willis, captioning nan image, 'Doing selfies earlier they had a name.'

In September, Moore, 61, updated fans connected her ex-spouse's health during an quality connected The Drew Barrymore Show, saying that 'given nan givens, he is successful a unchangeable place.' 

Moore, who had been wed to Willis from 1987-2000, opened up connected really she has advised her children to woody pinch the yearslong family wellness crisis.

'What I opportunity to my kids is you meet them wherever they're at,' Moore said successful nan appearance. 'You don't clasp connected to who they were aliases what you want them to be, but who they are successful this moment.

'And from that, location is specified beauty and joyousness and loving and sweetness. When I'm successful LA, I spell complete each week, and I really wealth nan clip that we each share.'

In an August 22 station connected Instagram Stories, Rumer Willis shared an image of herself holding her father's manus while answering a mobility astir really nan character has been doing amid his wellness woes.

Rumer said, 'He is great. I emotion him truthful much. Thank you.'

In May, Rumer said connected nan Today show that her father had been doing 'good' and was bonding pinch her one-year-old girl Louetta, who she shares pinch ex Derek Richard Thomas.

'I really sewage to spot him correct earlier I came out' to New York, she said, and 'Lou is conscionable starting to locomotion a small bit, and she was stepping complete to him, and it was truthful sweet.

'It’s truthful bully because I consciousness for illustration my dada is conscionable for illustration - he’s a woman dad, done and through. It almost unlocks that benignant of little-kid, girl-dad thing. He’s truthful saccharine pinch her.'

Rumer successful nan quality said that she and her relatives person been forthcoming astir nan family wellness rumor successful hopes of spreading consciousness to others successful a akin circumstance.

'Our vulnerability and transparency arsenic a family astir what he’s going done to maine is truthful important,' she said, 'because if it tin person immoderate effect connected different family that is struggling successful immoderate measurement pinch thing for illustration this, aliases bring much attraction to nan illness successful hopes of uncovering a cure aliases thing that tin beryllium of work to anybody else, I deliberation is really important.'

Willis is much than 2 years removed from his wellness conflict going nationalist aft relatives including his daughters, woman and ex-wife issued a associated connection via Instagram March 30, 2022 announcing his aphasia diagnosis.

They said that nan Hollywood icon 'has been experiencing immoderate wellness issues and has precocious been diagnosed pinch aphasia, which is impacting his cognitive abilities.

'As a consequence of this and pinch overmuch information Bruce is stepping distant from nan profession that has meant truthful overmuch to him. This is simply a really challenging clip for our family and we are truthful appreciative of your continued love, compassion and support.

They continued: 'We are moving done this arsenic a beardown family unit, and wanted to bring his fans successful because we cognize really overmuch he intends to you, arsenic you do to him. As Bruce ever says, "Live it up" and together we scheme to do conscionable that.'

The family subsequently issued a connection connected February 16, 2023 announcing that Willis had been diagnosed pinch frontotemporal dementia (known arsenic FTD), calling it 'the astir communal shape of dementia' and noting that 'there are nary treatments for nan disease' currently.

'As Bruce's information advances, we dream that immoderate media attraction tin beryllium focused connected sparkling a ray connected this illness that needs acold much consciousness and research,' nan family said. 'Bruce ever believed successful utilizing his sound successful nan world to thief others, and to raise consciousness astir important issues some publically and privately.

'We cognize successful our hearts that - if he could coming - he would want to respond by bringing world attraction and a connectedness pinch those who are besides dealing pinch this debilitating illness and really it impacts truthful galore individuals and their families.'

The Mayo Clinic defines aphasia arsenic 'a information that affects your expertise to communicate' that 'can impact your speech, arsenic good arsenic nan measurement you constitute and understand some spoken and written language.'

The actor's family did not denote what caused his bout pinch aphasia, which has a number of imaginable causes. 

The information could hap pursuing a caput wounded aliases stroke, aliases tin beryllium a predecessor to a encephalon tumor aliases Alzheimer's disease. Patients who are surviving pinch nan information are typically treated pinch reside therapy and taught ways to pass non-verbally.