'Pure magic': Bruce Willis becomes a grandfather as daughter Rumer reveals birth of first child

Hollywood stars Bruce Willis and Demi Moore person go grandparents.

The erstwhile couple's eldest daughter, Rumer Willis, announced the commencement of her archetypal kid connected Tuesday.

It comes 2 months aft the announcement of her father's dementia diagnosis.

The 34-year-old histrion introduced Louetta Isley Thomas Willis successful a station connected Instagram, describing her girl - who she shares with spouse Derek Richard Thomas - arsenic "pure magic".

"Louetta Isley Thomas Willis. You are axenic magic. Born astatine location connected Tuesday, 18 April. You are much than we ever dreamed of," she wrote.

In March 2022, relatives said Bruce Willis would beryllium "stepping away" from acting pursuing a diagnosis of aphasia, a information affecting the encephalon which causes trouble with connection and speech.

In an update successful February his household said the information had progressed and helium had been fixed a much circumstantial diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia (FTD).

"As Bruce's information advances, we anticipation that immoderate media attraction tin beryllium focused connected shining a airy connected this illness that needs acold much consciousness and research," his household said.

The connection was signed by his woman Emma Heming Willis, Moore, arsenic good arsenic his children Rumer, Scout, Tallulah, Mabel, and Evelyn.

According to the NHS, FTD causes changes to personality, behaviour, connection and movement, owed to the areas of the encephalon that it affects.

As with different forms of dementia, the onset of the illness is dilatory to statesman with but gradually gets worse.

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The household said by publicising Willis's information they hoped it would bring nationalist attraction to FTD.

Willis came to nationalist attraction alongside Cybill Shepherd successful the 1980s TV deed Moonlighting.

His archetypal large movie relation was arsenic John McClane successful the smash deed Die Hard successful 1988. He went connected to prima successful movies including Pulp Fiction, 12 Monkeys, Armageddon and The Sixth Sense.

Over 4 decades helium starred successful much than 100 films, which person amassed implicit $5bn (£4.17bn) astatine the container bureau worldwide.