{"id":8767,"date":"2025-04-04T04:41:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T23:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/us\/?p=8767"},"modified":"2025-04-04T05:01:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T00:01:13","slug":"beloved-hollywood-actor-passed-away-at-age-of-65","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/us\/beloved-hollywood-actor-passed-away-at-age-of-65\/","title":{"rendered":"Beloved Hollywood Actor Passed Away At Age Of 65"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iconic actor Val Kilmer, who last appeared in \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d in 2022, died Tuesday night. Kilmer\u2019s daughter, Mercedes Kilmer, 33, confirmed the actor\u2019s death in an email to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1364\" src=\"https:\/\/newsfews.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Val-Kilmer.webp\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsfews.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Val-Kilmer.webp 400w, https:\/\/newsfews.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Val-Kilmer-300x169.webp 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to his daughter, Kilmer died of pneumonia following a decades-long battle with throat cancer and was surrounded by friends and family at the time of his death. He was 65.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times was first to report the news. Kilmer was best known for his role as Iceman in \u201cTop Gun\u201d (1986), but also portrayed Jim Morrison in \u201cThe Doors\u201d (1991) and Batman in \u201cBatman Forever\u201d (1995). He also starred in \u201cKiss Kiss Bang Bang\u201d (2005), \u201cHeat\u201d (1995), \u201cWillow\u201d (1988) and \u201cTrue Romance\u201d (1993), per IMDb.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CewTdVYJT6b\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsfews.us&amp;rp=%2F2025%2F1362%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwY2xjawJb-wNleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHVcdiK5b9K_fILVSTRlV7rgqzLQ5HQ3mIEDprUSjCwj38rpUAATyGcpVrg_aem_KAa7pE__udLjkKy7Mt0nCw#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A2125.5%2C%22ls%22%3A748.6000000238419%2C%22le%22%3A2012.1000000238419%7D\" height=\"969\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the brief time I spent with him on set he was nothing but kind, joyous and playful. I felt lucky to be in the same room,\u201d actor Danny Ramirez, who starred alongside Kilmer in \u201cMaverick,\u201d wrote on Instagram.<br \/>\nDirector Michael Mann described Kilmer as \u201cbrilliant\u201d in a statement shared with USA TODAY.<\/p>\n<div id=\"quads-ad8\" class=\"quads-location quads-ad8 \" data-lazydelay=\"3000\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1649538\" data-uid=\"04479\">\n<div id=\"mgw1649538_04479\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"mgbox card-media\" data-template-type=\"container\">\n<div class=\"mgheader\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iconic actor Val Kilmer, who last appeared in \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d in 2022, died Tuesday night. Kilmer\u2019s daughter, Mercedes Kilmer, 33, confirmed the actor\u2019s death in an email to the Associated Press. 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