Val Kilmer, Batman Forever and Top Gun Star, Dead at 65

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Actor Val Kilmer, who took on a range of roles from Batman Forever’s Bruce Wayne to Top Gun’s Tom “Iceman” Kazansky, died on April 1 in Los Angeles. His daughter, Mercedes Kilmer, confirmed the news of his death and told the New York Times that the cause was pneumonia. She added that her father had been diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014, but later recovered. Kilmer, who was also known for immersing himself in the role of Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone’s 1991 biopic The Doors, was 65.