Val Kilmer Seen in Final Public Look with Daughter Mercedes Earlier than Loss of life at 65

Val Kilmer made his final public look over 5 years earlier than his loss of life.

The actor’s daughter Mercedes, 33, confirmed to The New York Instances that he died of pneumonia on Tuesday, April 1, on the age of 65.

She additionally added that he was beforehand recognized with throat most cancers in 2014 and later recovered.

Kilmer’s final public outing occurred with Mercedes on the annual Thespians Go Hollywood Gala at Avalon Hollywood in 2019.

On the occasion on November 18, 2019, the star posed for photographs on the purple carpet together with his solely daughter, who can be an actor and costarred alongside her dad in 2020’s Paydirt.

Along with Mercedes, Kilmer shared son Jack, 28, together with his ex-wife, Joanne Whalley.

Kilmer, who is thought for films equivalent to 1986’s High Gun and 1995’s Batman Eternally, made his remaining look onscreen in 2022’s High Gun: Maverick, a sequel to the 1986 traditional.

Reprising the function of Tom “Iceman” Kazansky alongside Tom Cruise’s Pete Mitchell, Kilmer appeared within the movie briefly, sharing a touching second with Cruise, 62, onscreen.

“I simply wish to say that was fairly emotional,” Cruise, 62, instructed Jimmy Kimmel in 2023 about working together with his costar once more. “I’ve recognized Val for many years, and for him to come back again and play that character… he is such a robust actor that he immediately grew to become that character once more.”

Mercedes additionally opened up about her father starring within the sequel and known as his on-set encounter with Cruise “extraordinary.”

“It means rather a lot to my dad as he is very happy with that movie. That is what he likes to do,” she instructed Web page Sixin 2022. “It was trippy and really particular for my dad to be on set with all of his associates who made this film once they have been my age.”

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Weeks earlier than his loss of life, Kilmer appeared in an Instagram video with artist and musician David Choe on Feb. 23.

Returning to his Batman Eternally function Bruce Wayne, the star sat on the bottom earlier than sporting a rubber black and white Batman masks. 

“I’m prepared,” Kilmer stated. “I’ve an angle for us. It’s been some time.” 

Choe, who was captured engaged on what seemed to be one other artwork piece that matched Kilmer’s masks, assured him, “Effectively, you look nice.” 

Stars together with Josh Brolin, Josh Gad and Billy Zane have paid tribute to Kilmer following his loss of life.

Zane, 59, wrote on Instagram alongside a photograph of Kilmer as Don Holliday in his 1993 film Tombstone, “If ever a filmography captures the essence of a real artist by each definition, it’s this man’s canon. Relaxation In Peace Amigo. See ya once I see ya. @valkilmerofficial.”

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“See ya, pal. I will miss you. You have been a sensible, difficult, courageous, uber-creative firecracker,” added The Goonies star Brolin, 57, on Instagram alongside an image of the pair.