OAN Staff Brook Mallory
12:06pm – Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025
Val Kilmer, the actor famous for his iconic performances in numerous blockbuster films in the 1980s and 1990s, passed away at the age of 65.
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He recovered from his initial diagnosis of throat cancer in 2014, but Kilmer had to undergo rigorous procedures involving two tracheostomy. Nevertheless, he sadly succumbed to pneumonia on Tuesday night.
said Mercedes Kilmer, the actor's daughter. Associated Press In an email saying that her father had passed away in Los Angeles while surrounded by friends and family.
Kilmer made his final appearance in the film, revising the role of Tom “Iceman” Kazansky in “Top Gun: Maverick” (2022).
Kilmer was hailed as a “chameleon” of acting, taking on difficult and diverse parts, and frequently had amazing results. He made a series of legendary performances, particularly in 1986, with “Top Gun” with Tom Cruise.
He played lead singer Jim Morrison in the 1991 Oliver Stone film The Doors. In 1993's “Tombstone” in the West, he played a resourceful documentary holiday. In 1995 he recreated his role as Batman in Batman Forever and portrayed a bank robbery in Michaelman's crime thriller The Heat.
As Val, a 2021 documentary about his career, approached the end, he said: “I acted poor. I acted brave. I did not deny this.
A Juilliard alumnus, Kilmer has experienced the highs and lows of celebrity life than most people. His groundbreaking performance was in the spy parody, “Top Secret!” The comedy “Real Genius” was from 1984 and 1985. After his career, Kilmer showed his comedic abilities in films such as “Mac Gruber” and “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.”
His film career peaked in the early 1990s when he established himself as a memorable first-class man.
He co-starred with Kurt Russell and Bill Paxton in “The Tombstone,” as a ghost in Elvis Presley's “The True Romance,” and as an expert in the demolition that took Banks out of “The Heat” with Al Pacino and Robert De Niro.
but, Entertainment Weekly Previously published a cover story about Kilmer in the title in 1996 “Man Hollywood loves to hate.” John Frankenheimer and Schumacher, the filmmakers who created “Dr. Moreau Island,” described him as being extremely challenging.
Frankenheimer declared that he would never climb Mount Everest and cooperate with Val Kilmer again.
Nevertheless, DJ Caruso, who directed Kilmer in “The Salton Sea,” was one of the filmmakers who defended him after “Hit Piece” was released.
“Val needs to be immersed in the characters. I think Val will ask a lot of questions about what happened to directors like Frankenheimer and Schumacher. Guys like Schumacher say, “You're Batman! Caruso said New York Times 2002.
In his romantic life, Kilmer got married and later divorced actress Joanne Holy. He also went on a date with Cher.
He is survived by two children along with Hollow, Jack and Mercedes.
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