'Caregivers need care too': Emma Heming Willis on death of Gene Hackman and wife

The wife of actor Bruce Willis said Hackman and Arakawa’s story showed that “it is so important that we show up” for caregivers.

Bruce Willis and his wife Emma Heming Willis (Yui Mok/PA)

Emma Heming Willis, the wife of actor Bruce Willis, has said people can learn from the death of actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa.

Heming is her husband’s carer, after it was revealed he had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2022, and said Hackman and Arakawa’s story showed that “caregivers need care too”.