{"id":231642,"date":"2025-04-02T12:04:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T11:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/hollywood-actor-val-kilmer-has-died-aged-65-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-04-02T12:04:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T11:04:33","slug":"hollywood-actor-val-kilmer-has-died-aged-65-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/hollywood-actor-val-kilmer-has-died-aged-65-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood actor Val Kilmer has died aged 65 | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/kZx34v3piJ4\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Hollywood actor Val Kilmer has died aged 65 | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kZx34v3piJ4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Actor Val Kilmer, who starred in some of the biggest movies of the 1980s and 90s, including Top Gun and Batman Forever, has died at the age of 65.<\/p>\n<p>Kilmer died of pneumonia on Tuesday in Los Angeles and was previously diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014 but later recovered, his daughter Mercedes told US media.<\/p>\n<p>He also appeared in 1991&#8217;s The Doors, playing the legendary band&#8217;s frontman Jim Morrison, plus the Western Tombstone and crime drama Heat.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;After so many years of Val battling disease and maintaining his spirit, this is tremendously sad news,&quot; Heat director Michael Mann wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#ValKilmer #BatmanForever #BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Val Kilmer, who starred in some of the biggest movies of the 1980s and 90s, including Top Gun and Batman Forever, has died at the age of 65. 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