Actor Val Kilmer, best known for "Top Gun," "The Doors," and his starring role as Batman, died on April 1, 2025, at age 65. In this Sept. 22, 2013 "Sunday Morning" story, correspondent Bill Geist sat down with Kilmer,

Connecticut’s Mark Twain House and Museum honored Kilmer with a post and photo highlighting his love for Mark Twain.

The late Val Kilmer always added idiosyncrasies to his lead turns, but he was even more effective in roles like Doc Holliday.

Hollywood mourns the loss of the “Top Gun,” “Tombstone,” “Mindhunters,” "Heat" and “Batman Forever” actor after his death at age 65

"U Were Funny, crazy, pain in the ass, GREAT FRIEND, kids [love] U," continued Cher, noting that Kilmer was "brilliant" as Mark Twain, whom he portrayed in 2014's Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn as well as the 2016 one-man play Mark Twain: Citizen Twain.

Michael Mann, Francis Ford Coppola, Nicolas Cage, Jim Carrey and Josh Brolin were among the many entertainment industry figures who paid tribute to Val Kilmer after news of his death was announced.

Cher honored her late boyfriend Val Kilmer in a playful yet touching tribute after his passing. Following Kilmer’s death from pneumonia on Tuesday, April 1 at the age of 65, Cher shared a heartfelt message on social media to honor their relationship.

Cher is mourning the death of Val Kilmer. The “Moonstruck” star paid tribute on social media to the actor, whom she dated in the 1980s. Kilmer died from pneumonia at the age of 65 on April 1, his daughter told The Associated Press. He had ha d previously undergone treatment for throat cancer.

Val Kilmer, Mark Twain fan and star of “Top Gun,” “Tombstone,” “the Doors,” “Batman Forever,” “Willow, “the Saint” and many more, has died at the age of 65.