Bruce Willis seen in rare photos as Die Hard legend shares Thanksgiving with family amid dementia struggle

29 November 2024, 09:17

Bruce Willis with his daughters
Bruce Willis with his daughters. Picture: Instagram

By Kit Heren

Bruce Willis' family have shared rare photos of the iconic movie star celebrating Thanksgiving, amid his struggle with dementia.

Listen to this article

Loading audio...

Willis, 69, was pictured in an emotional scene with his daughters Scout and Tallulah as they gave him a 'Best Dad' present.

He and his daughters, who he shares with ex-wife Demi Moore, shared the images to Instagram.

The photos prompted an outpouring of support from fans.

One woman, who said her father suffers from a similar condition to Willis, thanked him for "sharing a glimpse of [his] story.

"It helps feel less lonely on this journey. Sending love and prayers to your family every day."

Read more: 'We love you and are so grateful for you’: Bruce Willis' ex Demi Moore wishes action icon happy 69th birthday

Read more: 'You inspire me everyday': Bruce Willis' daughters praise actor's wife after she opens up about his dementia struggle

Another said: "So loving, powerful, and touching... thank you for sharing with us."

Addressing the daughters, a third fan added: "I’m so glad you had a nice Thanksgiving with your Dad..I had the same thing happen with my dad.

"It makes you appreciate every minute you have with them. Your dad looks really good though.. you are blessed with a beautiful family".

Willis has five daughters, his three eldest, Rumer, Scout and Tallulah, with Moore, whom he married in 1987. They divorced in 2000 but remain friends. Willis later remarried.

He was diagnosed with dementia in February 2023 and retired from acting.

More Latest News

See more More Latest News

Breaking
From Left to right Morgan Rogers, Paul O’Dwyer, Nicola Wheatley, and Andrea Powell.

Paddleboarding tour guide jailed for 10 years after leading tour in which four people drowned in flooded weir

A Government target to clear the record high backlog of driving tests will be missed by up to eight months, a Cabinet minister said.

Target to clear driving test backlog to be missed by up to eight months as half of learners forced to wait six months

A British man was lynched and burned alive in Ecuador after a vigilante mob stormed a police station where he was being held

Brit was burned alive in Ecuador after 'unstoppable' vigilante mob overpowered police

Skegness to have £23 million investment.

Britain's 'hellhole' seaside town getting £23 million transformation

.

Turner Prize nominees include videotape sculptures and an artist who uses 'salvaged' dolls

People evacuate buildings in panic and contact their loved ones after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Istanbul

Istanbul rocked by powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake

Ahmed Fahmy

Rapist hotel worker who crept into women's rooms to lick and grope feet jailed for 13 years

Nearly a quarter of pregnant women in the UK are thought to have anaemia.

Low iron in pregnancy linked to newborn heart disease in ‘gamechanger’ discovery

Seventeen Seventy, Queensland, Australia

Tributes paid to British father and son who drowned after being swept out to sea in Australia

Tamara Ecclestone and husband Jay Rutland has their £70m house ransacked in 2019.

Tamara Ecclestone's husband reveals they weren't insured for £25 million burglary

Freddie Mercury's ex Mary Austin auctioned off some of his belongings

Inside Freddie Mercury's family's battle to 'get back belongings worth millions', after ex-girlfriend auctions them off

Reading fans protesting against the club's owner Dai Yongge

Reading owner granted further extension to complete sale of club

Chris Eubank interviewed during the grand arrivals at The Pelligon, London. Picture date: Tuesday April 22, 2025.

'I’m the matador and Conor Benn is the bull', says Chris Eubank Jr ahead of grudge fight

The pope enters St Peter's Basilica

Pope Francis' body moved to St Peter's Basilica ahead of funeral, as thousands of mourners gather in the Vatican

Water coming out of a tap

Devon residents without water to receive £200 compensation, says MP

A graffitied house in Kilburn, north-west London

Mystery as homes and businesses across UK targeted with red paint, as balaclava-clad thugs seen spraying graffiti