Actor Val Kilmer died Tuesday night in Los Angeles, his daughter Mercedes Kilmer revealed to the New York Times. Here's what we know.
A wide-ranging leading man who earned critical praise, he was known to be charismatic but unpredictable. At one point he dropped out of Hollywood for a decade.
Val Kilmer, who died of pneumonia at 65 on April 1, famously had a negative experience portraying Batman in 1995's Batman Forever. "It’s not about Batman. There is no Batman," he once said in an interview.
Fanboys recoiled, but the campy, colorful Batman Forever looks bolder than ever in a drab age for superhero movies—and the late actor's Caped Crusader was the ideal foil for manic villains Jim Carrey and Tommy Lee Jones.
Val Kilmer, the California-born, Juilliard-trained actor who starred in films including "Top Gun," "The Doors," "Tombstone" and "Batman Forever" and earned a reputation as a Hollywood bad boy, has died,
Val Kilmer, who starred in films such as "Top Gun," "The Doors," and "Batman Forever" while earning a reputation as a Hollywood bad boy, has died, the New York Times reported. He was 65.The cause of death was pneumonia,
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The Hollywood star succumbed to pneumonia on Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles, his daughter Mercedes confirmed.
The charismatic performer was also known for playing Jim Morrison and Doc Holliday.