The world mourns the passing of actor Val Kilmer

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 said 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 in the ’80s and ’90s, starring in “Top Gun,” “Real Genius,” “Top Secret,” “Willow,” “Heat,” “The Doors,” “Thombstone,” and “The Saint.” He returned briefly to screens in 2022’s “Top Gun: Maverick” although he could no longer speak due to his cancer. In 2021, a documentary on his life, “Val,” was released.