Val Kilmer Dies At 65

Val
Kilmer,
who
had
been
battling
cancer
for
years,
passed
away
on
April
1
at
his
Los
Angeles
home
due
to
pneumonia.
He
was
65.

The
Hollywood
actor
is
best
known
for
his
memorable
role
Iceman
in

Top
Gun
(1986),
a
role
that
he
reprised
in
his
last
film,

Top
Gun:
Maverick
in
2022.

He
is
also
known
for
his
roles
like
Bruce
Wayne/Batman
in

Batman
Forever
and
Jim
Morrison
in

The
Doors.

Rediff.com‘s


Raja
Sen
had
once
written
about
Val
Kilmer’s

Batman
outing,
‘Val
nailed
the
role,
managing
to
pull
off
groan-able
lines
like
‘It’s
the
car,
right?
Chicks
love
the
car’
with
ease,
while
convincingly
hammering
the
baddies.’

Val
Kilmer’s
daughter
Mercedes
Kilmer
confirmed
the
tragic
news
to

The
New
York
Times.

The
actor
was
diagnosed
with
throat
cancer
in
2014
and
recovered
two
years
later.
He
made
his
last
public
appearance
in
June
2019.

Val
Kilmer
made
his
debut
with
1984’s
comedy

Top
Secret
in
which
he
played
rock
idol
Nick
Rivers.

He
got
married
to
Joanne
Whalley,
his
co-star
in
1988’s

Willow,
but
it
ended
in
divorce.
They
have
two
children,
Mercedes
and
Jack.

In
his
2021
documentary
called

Val,
the
actor
discussed
how
cancer
affected
his
life.

‘Now
that
it’s
more
difficult
to
speak,
I
want
to
tell
my
story
more
than
ever,’
Kilmer
says
in
the
documentary,
according
to

People.

‘I
can’t
speak
without
plugging
this
hole
(in
his
throat).
You
have
to
make
the
choice
to
breathe
or
to
eat,’

People
quotes
him.

Val
Kilmer
had
to
have
his
meals
through
a
feeding
tube
and
he
says,
‘It’s
an
obstacle
that
is
very
present
with
whoever
sees
me.’