Cinemaos sad years of Val Kilmer, detailed by family members

Val Kilmer He left us last Tuesday, 1st, at the age of 65. The official cause was pneumonia, but sources of the actor’s family point out that his health was already deteriorated, to the point that the loss did not occur suddenly.

According to the website TMZwho heard unidentified relatives, the artist was bedridden in his last years. The explanation is in the treatment against a throat cancer to which it was submitted in the past decade.

Kilmer was diagnosed with the disease in 2015 and managed to overcome the disease. However, in addition to being subjected to two tracheostomies that seriously affected his voice, the star was weakened due to the rest of the therapy needed to overcome the health problem. The text of TMZ He claims that “his body simply could not keep fighting, until in the end he turned off.”

Fans believed that Val was very healthy due to a video posted on Instagram last February, wearing a Batman mask. However, family members point out that filming is from years ago. The last appearance at the artist event took place in the Thespians go hollywood gala In 2019 with your daughter, Mercedes.

About Val Kilmer

American -born in Los Angeles, Val Kilmer was known for a series of roles, highlighting the interpretations of Jim Morrison in The Doors (1991), Batman in Batman forever (1995) and Tom “Iceman” Kazansky in Top Gun (1986) and Top Gun: Maverick (2022). Other works include Tombstone (1993), LOVE TO BURNING ROUTE (1993) and Fire against fire (1995), besides the debut Top Secret! (1984).

Before your farewell in Top Gun: Maverick (2022), Val also worked in a series of works, such as The Birthday Cake (2021), Playing Dirty (2020) and Snowman (2017). He leaves two adult children: Mercedes and Jackboth fruits of a relationship with Joanne Whalleycastmate of Willow (1988)

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