she has been diagnosed with primary aggressive aphasia, a form of front totem posteriorly dementia, ftdteam saying the decision to share her diagnosis was not only to advocate for understanding and compassion but to raise awareness about the disease and support the thousands of others facing similar circumstances. >> toronto temporal dementia tends to affect younger people in their 40s to 60s. it's pretty rare. it affects behavior, decision-making, personality, impulse control. it also affects communication skills. most patients will have a mixture of behavioral and language systems. >> deborah: bruce willis, an action star famous for the "die hard" franchise, also diagnosed with aphasia in 2022 and later ftd in 2023, forcing him to step away from his career in hollywood. >> i have to really get in both bruce willis and wendy williams, a huge amount of credit. what they have each done has been open about something that is not a glamorous diagnosis. these are not easy symptoms to talk about. for them to open up that discussion and allow people to learn about this disease is such a gift,

it affects a person's ability to communicate and ftd is the most common form of dementia for people underage of 60. >> there is no evidence to directly link alcohol and frontotemporal dementia. 40% of cases are genetic and the other 60% of the time we're not really sure why it happens. >> reporter: wendy's niece alex finny sat down with us before her aunt's public health acknowledgement. >> as a family, were you told that? >> i did not see that diagnosis. i only heard that through family. now i know kevin said it, but i personally didn't see it. it does make sense that she definitely cognitively has some things that are off. does it lead to it being dementia? i think it could. >> driver, i said go past the wendy williams show. >> reporter: wendy's guardian, who was court appointed in 2022 after her bank alleged she was incapacitated suing lifetime just days before the release of the doc. a judge allowing the premiere. >> some people are gonna look at this and say, this is exploitation. she's being exploited. how could they do this? >> i will say this. first and foremost. my aunt is the ex

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also known as ftd.ving the care she needs and her needs are addressed. >> when i saw her, she didn't have to say one thing. i knew that every cylinder is not firing the way it should. >> reporter: aphasia affects a person's ability to communicate how they express and understand language. ftd is the most common form of dementia for people under the age of 60. >> it is not your average dementia. it affects behavior like decision making, personality, impulse control. it also affects communication skills. >> reporter: alex finny, wendy's niece and anchor for wplg, speaking exclusively to our deborah roberts about the 59-year-old possibly having dementia. >> does it make sense to you that she has dementia? >> what i will say is it does make sense that she definitely cog cognitively has something else. now months later, i don't hear that same wendy. >> i have no idea where we are. this doesn't look like anything familiar. >> i think she's losing memory. have you noticed that? >> reporter: these new details ab

signage generally presents initially with a memory loss as opposed to frontal temporal dementia or ftd, can present with behavioral issues first and language difficulty. so those are one of the two hallmarks that really can separate those two are wishing her, shay and her family the best choice because this is going to be very difficult to paint the picture. dr. jayne morgan, great to say. thank you. thank you. are >> our laughed gap. here in this building closing, cnn center closing it down we're not going anywhere as a program, but we are relocating to a completely new physical building and we just had to let you know and let dr. jayne morgan know that your last live guest here, i appreciate it. >> thank you. it is >> and i will just take it all. yeah. next time we see you will be at a news dujarric very good all right, we'll be right back >> this is the big gaffes >> that do meet the traveling trio, the thrill seeker, the soul searcher. and it's the explorer, each helping to protect their money with chase lost card isn't keeping this thrill seeker down. >> lost her card the sole sea