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Kim Basinger Marks ‘Blind Date’ 39th Anniversary With Bruce Willis Throwback

The tribute highlights Willis’s early star turn during a period of privacy following his dementia diagnosis.

Overview

  • Kim Basinger shared a video of scenes from the 1987 rom-com Blind Date to mark its 39th year, praising Bruce Willis as the ideal partner on the film.
  • The clip is set to AC/DC’s You Shook Me All Night Long and recalls the let-it-loose style director Blake Edwards encouraged on set.
  • Blind Date was Willis’s first credited lead role in a movie, a milestone fans celebrated in comments on Basinger’s post.
  • Willis has lived privately since his 2023 frontotemporal dementia diagnosis, and his wife said in January 2026 that he does not recognize the illness because of anosognosia, a symptom where the brain cannot register the condition.
  • Entertainment outlets linked Basinger’s tribute to public concern for Willis’s health, while noting the post offers no new medical updates and instead renews attention to the film’s legacy.