Legendary Hollywood actor, Val Kilmer, is dead.

It was  learnt that the daughter of the deceased, Mercedes Kilmer, confirmed her father’s demise on Tuesday night, April 1, 2025.

Val Kilmer reportedly died on Tuesday in Los Angeles at the age of 65 after a prolonged battle with pneumonia.

Kilmer was one of the most prominent Hollywood actors in the 1990s before spats with directors and co-stars and a series of flops dented his career.

He came into the entertainment scene with “Top Gun,”and was also recognized for portraying Jim Morrison in “The Doors,” Doc Holliday in “Tombstone,” and Batman in Batman Forever.

Kilmer also played large roles in Heat, 1995, The Saint, 1997, Willow, 1988, and more recently, Top Gun, Maverick.
Over the years, Kilmer gained a reputation as temperamental, intense, perfectionistic and sometimes egotistical.

The actor was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014, but he later recovered.