Val Kilmer, ‘Top Gun’ and ‘Batman Forever’ Actor, Dead at 65 _ E! News

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00:00Hollywood has lost a beloved actor. Val Kilmer best known for his roles as Iceman in 1986's Top Gun.

00:07You guys really are cowboys. What's your problem Kazansky?

00:12You're everyone's problem. That's because every time you go up in the air you're unsafe.

00:16And his role in 1995's Batman Forever died of pneumonia April 1st according to his daughter

00:23Mercedes Kilmer who told the New York Times he was 65. His daughter confirming he was

00:29diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014 but later recovered. Kilmer had largely kept details of his

00:34cancer battle to himself. It wasn't until 2020 when he opened up about his health struggles

00:40revealing that he underwent a procedure on his trachea that left him with a raspy voice.

00:44Throughout his decades-long career Kilmer appeared in numerous iconic films aside from

00:49Top Gun and Batman including Willow, The Doors, True Romance and Heat. His documentary Val

00:55premiered in 2021 with his last acting credit being 2023's Top Gun Maverick, the sequel to

01:01his action flick with Tom Cruise. The only reason I'm here is you. Filmmaker Michael Mann who

01:09directed Kilmer in Heat tells The Hollywood Reporter quote after so many years of Val

01:14battling disease and maintaining his spirit this is tremendously sad news. Actor Matthew Modine

01:20took to X writing R.I.P. Val Kilmer if it wasn't for our chance encounter at The Source

01:25a Hollywood restaurant in 1985 I may never have been cast in full metal jacket. And actor Josh

01:32Brolin took to Instagram writing a tribute quote see ya pal I'm gonna miss you you were a smart

01:37challenging brave uber creative firecracker there's not a lot left of those I hope to see

01:43you up there in the heavens when I eventually get there until then amazing memories lovely thoughts