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(WGHP) -- Prolific actor Val Kilmer has died at 65 after battling throat cancer for many years, according to several news outlets. He is most well known for starring in Oliver Stone's "The Doors" as the iconic frontman Jim Morrison and as Bruce Wayne in 1995's "Batman Forever," as well as the iconic Iceman role in "Top Gun."Actor Val Kilmer wears a suit and stares at camera in Los Angeles in 1986.
(Photo by Bonnie Schiffman/Getty Images)American actor Val Kilmer on the set of Batman Forever, directed by Joel Schumacher. (Photo by Warner Bros. Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)LOS ANGELES - MAY 16: The movie "Top Gun", directed by Tony Scott.
Seen here, Val Kilmer as Lt. Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky. Initial theatrical release May 16, 1986.
Screen capture. Paramount Pictures. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images)American actors Cher and Val Kilmer arrive at the 56th Academy Awards, where Cher is nominated for Best Supporting Actress in Silkwood.
(Photo by Bill Nation/Sygma via Getty Images)American actors Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise on the set of Top Gun, directed by Tony Scott. (Photo by Paramount Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)American actor Val Kilmer on the set of Batman Forever, directed by Joel Schumacher. (Photo by Warner Bros.
Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 18: Actor Val Kilmer attends the 2019 annual Thespians Go Hollywood Gala at Avalon Hollywood on November 18, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Tullberg/Getty Images)Actor Val Kilmer visits the United Nations headquarters in New York City, New York to promote the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) initiative, July 20, 2019. (Photo by EuropaNewswire/Gado/Getty Images)Actor Val Kilmer visits the United Nations headquarters in New York City, New York to promote the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) initiative, July 20, 2019.
(Photo by EuropaNewswire/Gado/Getty Images)MIAMI BEACH, FL - DECEMBER 08: Val Kilmer, Tracey Emin, Jorge Perez, Jason Piszctatowski and Brett Sawyer attend 'The Last Ten Years: Tracey Emin in Conversation with Alastair Gordon' during Art Basel hosted by Soho Beach House in Miami Beach 2017 on December 8, 2017 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by Andrew Toth/Getty Images for Soho House)SANTA MONICA, CA - SEPTEMBER 25: Actor Val Kilmer attends the 23rd annual Simply Shakespeare benefit reading of "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" at The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage on September 25, 2013 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 17: (L-R) Tobey Maguire, Owen Wilson and Val Kilmer attend The Broad Museum Black Tie Inaugural Dinner at The Broad on September 17, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.
(Photo by Jerod Harris/Getty Images)Kilmer also starred in many classic films of the 1980s and 1990s such as "Tombstone," "Heat" and "Real Genius."In 2021, he reprised his "Top Gun" role in "Top Gun: Maverick." Due to his throat cancer, he could not speak at the time.
His break-out role was in the 1984 spy comedy "Top Secret!"The cause of death was pneumonia, his daughter, Mercedes Kilmer, told The New York Times. Kilmer was diagnosed with throat cancer a decade ago and later recovered, she said. Kilmer used a voice box to communicate during promotional appearances for a documentary on his life in 2021.
His children were associate producers on the film, according to the New York Times..
