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'Someone Like Me': Rod Stewart's Wife Penny Lancaster to Share Her Story in Autobiography
- In February 2023, Bruce Willis and his family announced he was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia , a degenerative brain condition impacting communication and behavior.
- This followed a March 2022 announcement where the family revealed Willis had aphasia, a language disorder that led him to step away from acting due to cognitive decline.
- During his final years working on films like the Detective Knight series and Assassin , directors shortened his dialogue and used an earpiece with scripted lines fed discreetly by a trusted friend to support his performance.
- Willis’s wife, Emma Heming Willis, announced her self-help book The Unexpected Journey releasing September 9, 2025, which details their caregiving experience and methods used to keep Bruce working amid his illness.
- The book aims to aid other families facing similar challenges and highlights how the family put supports in place, underscoring both the difficulties and love encountered on this journey.
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'Someone Like Me': Rod Stewart's wife Penny Lancaster to share her story in autobiography
Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures Back in 2012, Rod Stewart published Rod: The Autobiography, in which he detailed his life in the fast late as a global rock star. Fans will soon be able to get a slightly different take on the last 25 years of his life — from his wife. Penny Lancaster is Rod’s third wife, the mother of his two youngest children and a celebrity in her own right in the U.K. She’ll publish her autobiography, Someone L…
Sir Rod Stewart, 80, breaks cover amid health woes with 7-word statement on wife Penny's career move
Sir Rod Stewart has shared a heartfelt tribute to his wife, Penny Lancaster, following the announcement of her exciting new career move.Lancaster, 54, revealed she is set to publish her autobiography, Someone Like Me, later this year.The Loose Women panellist unveiled the book's cover in a video posted to Instagram on Tuesday, showing her smiling warmly in a soft coffee-coloured cardigan. The cover also features the tagline: “Lessons in life, lo…
Emma Heming published a book in September detailing the actor's tricks to keep working.
Bruce Willis' wife reveals how he's continued to act after dementia diagnosis - The Mirror
Bruce Willis' family have rallied around him since the Die Hard actor was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in February 2023, and his wife has now opened up about his work
Bruce Willis retired from the performance in March 2022, when his family reported that he had aphasia. Nearly a year later, they also explained that he suffered from frontotemporal dementia, a disease without cure. At age 70, when he turned last March, his wife, Emma Heming Willis, his ex-wife, Demi Moore, and his five daughters, now took care of him. Before these revelations, Willis continued to act, although he was already beginning to suffer …
Bruce Willis Used a Trick to Finish His Final Movies
Before sharing his dementia diagnosis with the world, Bruce Willis was eager to keep making movies—even if it meant using an ear piece. While working on Assassin (2023) and the Detective Knight series (2022-23), the Die Hard star had directors scale down his dialogue and had a friend feed...
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