Bruce Willis' wife has issued a plea after the tragic deaths of Gene Hackman and his devoted wife, Betsy Arakawa . Emma Heming Willis , who tied the knot with the Die Hard star in 2009, has dedicated herself to being his primary carer in recent years and knows all too well the challenges Betsy would have faced while looking after her husband as his Alzheimer's disease progressed. Bruce, 69, was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in 2023, just one year after retiring from the acting