Bruce Willis’ wife says his brain is ‘failing him’ in health update

(CNN) - Two years after former actor Bruce Willis was diagnosed with dementia, his wife says his brain is “failing him,” and he is having a hard time speaking.

Emma Heming Willis, the 70-year-old’s wife, spoke with ABC’s Diane Sawyer for a special called “Emma & Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey.” She says Willis, to whom she has been married for 16 years, is mobile and in good health overall.

“The language is going, and we’ve learned to adapt,” she said. “We have a way of communicating with him, which is just a different way.”

News of Willis’ communication difficulties comes two years after his family announced he had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia . The former actor has two daughters, ages 13 and 11, with Heming Willis and is the father of three adult daughters wit