Sadness in Hollywood after Val Kilmer's death at 65

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Sadness in Hollywood after Val Kilmer's death at 65  Los Angeles tourists expressed their sadness on Wednesday, April 2, over the death at the age of 65 of actor Val Kilmer, who starred in films such as "Top Gun," "The Doors," "Tombstone" and "Batman Forever."  The actor's cause of death was pneumonia, the New York Times reported, citing his daughter Mercedes Kilmer. The actor had lived with poor health for years due to throat cancer.  REUTERS VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe    Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes #tmtnews #valkilmer

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00:00Obviously, the

00:28first thing that comes to mind to me is Tombstone, Doc Holliday. It's my favorite Val Kilmer

00:34role. Really sad that he passed away. I mean, he did a lot of movies.

00:45I knew that he had been ill, but I was shocked to hear that he passed away yesterday. He's

00:50a method actor who was amazing at whatever he did. He sunk himself into roles that were

00:57amazing and had a career that was incredible right up until the end, because I heard that

01:02he was just in a production just recently, a new production of Top Gun. So, yeah, it

01:08was sad. It was sad, and he was a great actor who will go down and go down as being one

01:13of the best, I'm sure. Val Kilmer, I was introduced to him through

01:18Iceman and Top Gun, and then he was in Willow, a wonderful role in Willow. It's very sad

01:25to see him go, but great actor. Well, great actor. There's a lot of movies

01:31I've seen of him way back since growing up and stuff like that, along with Tom Cruise,

01:37other actors, and movies like Tombstone. It's very sad. Unfortunately, he was going through

01:43rough times as well, but we're going to miss that guy. We're going to miss him pretty good.

01:47Good movies, good action movies out there. He's going to be missed.

01:50I was really sad. I was hanging out in our hotel room, and I was really, really, really

01:54sad. I grew up with this Batman, so I was just really sad. I was devastated when I heard

01:59it. He was in Batman. He was in Top Gun. He was

02:04on Broadway, and he played Mark Twain on Broadway. What was it called? He played Mark Twain,

02:12and it was incredible. I've seen him in many more than that, I'm sure, but I can't name

02:19him off the top of my head.

02:49I know it's just incredible.

03:19I know it's just incredible.

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