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Genetic Foresight: An Heiress to Watch Chooses Knowledge Over Waiting

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Rumer Willis, 38, has moved forward with genetic testing to understand her own dementia risk, a step she's taken with characteristic clear-eyed resolve. Her father, Bruce Willis, received a frontotemporal dementia diagnosis in 2023, and her decision reflects the kind of forthright, family-first thinking Palm Beach admires.

With reporting from Vanity Fair.

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