The actor died of pneumonia April 1, his daughter told “The New York Times.”
His daughter, Mercedes Kilmer,toldThe New York Timesthat the actor died of pneumonia Tuesday.
Kilmer had been diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014 and went public with his diagnosis in 2017.
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His daughter told the outlet that he had recovered.
The process left him with a tracheostomy tube that made speaking difficult.
“Being next to him instantly makes you better.
Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise in ‘Top Gun’.Paramount Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty
That said, we blew a lot of takes laughing so much.
I was particularly thrilled and humbled by the audience’s reaction tomy scene with Tom.”
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Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison in ‘The Doors’.TriStar Pictures/Everett
(Twain was Kilmer’s favorite storyteller, and a figure of particular interest in his life.)
They had two children, Mercedes and Jack.
