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.

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 knows a thing or two about playing a hero, given the fact that he made the character of John McClane a pop culture mainstay thanks to the Die Hard franchise. Even though Willis may have only played the hero on the big screen,