“Top Gun” Actor Val Kilmer Dies At Age 65 [VIDEO]

Variety reports:

Val Kilmer, who played Bruce Wayne in “Batman Forever,” channeled Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone‘s “The Doors” and starred as a tubercular Doc Holliday in “Tombstone,” died Tuesday in Los Angeles. His daughter Mercedes told The New York Times the cause was pneumonia. He was 65. He had been battling throat cancer for several years.

The baby-faced blonde actor had a solid run as a leading man with a volatile reputation in the ’80s and ’90s, starring in “Top Gun,” “Real Genius,” “Willow,” “Heat,” and “The Saint.” He returned briefly to screens in 2022’s “Top Gun: Maverick” although he could no longer speak due to his cancer.

One of his most memorable roles was playing the charismatic and doomed Morrison in Oliver Stone’s 1991 “The Doors.” Kilmer memorized the lyrics to all of Morrison’s songs before his audition, and he immersed himself in the role, wearing clothes similar to the singer’s for close to a year.

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