{"id":3685,"date":"2025-04-03T10:18:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T10:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=3685"},"modified":"2025-04-03T18:31:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T18:31:42","slug":"val-kilmers-final-days-after-being-bedridden-for-years-before-death-aged-65","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/03\/val-kilmers-final-days-after-being-bedridden-for-years-before-death-aged-65\/","title":{"rendered":"Val Kilmer\u2019s final days after being bedridden for years before death aged 65"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Film icon Val Kilmer died of pneumonia aged 65 on Tuesday (Picture: Suzanne Cordeiro\/Rex\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hollywood star Val Kilmer<\/a> was reportedly bed-bound in the years leading up to his death this week.<\/p>\n

The Top Gun<\/a> star died from pneumonia aged 65<\/a> on Tuesday, his daughter Mercedes announced.<\/p>\n

Now it\u2019s been reported that Kilmer \u2018couldn\u2019t keep fighting\u2019 and was bedridden \u2018for years before his death\u2019.<\/p>\n

Sources cited as close to the Batman Forever actor<\/a> told TMZ<\/a> that he suffered from \u2018a lack of energy due to his cancer<\/a> treatment\u2019.<\/p>\n

Kilmer had previously been diagnosed with throat cancer<\/a> in 2015, although he was cancer-free at the time of this death.<\/p>\n

However, the publication added that their sources revealed Kilmer was \u2018very frail near the end of his life\u2019 and that his \u2018health seriously declined in the past week\u2019.<\/p>\n

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The movie star had apparently been ‘frail’ and ‘bedridden’ in recent years, following his cancer treatment (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

His loved ones were able to visit him in hospital before this death, which wasn\u2019t considered sudden.<\/p>\n

The Kiss Kiss Bang Bang actor was previously hospitalised earlier this year, although the reason is unknown.<\/p>\n

Following his cancer diagnosis, Kilmer underwent two tracheotomies as well as chemotherapy and radiation therapy.<\/p>\n

He lost the ability to speak without immense difficulty, communicating through an artificial voice box.<\/p>\n

His son Jack, 29, narrated the voiceover of his Amazon prime Video documentary Val in 2021.<\/p>\n

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Kilmer made his last public appearance on November 18 2019, with his daughter Mercedes (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The star\u2019s final onscreen appearance, where he reprised his breakthrough role of Iceman<\/a> opposite Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick in 2022, saw his character given a similar diagnosis and his voice recreated with the assistance of an AI version<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kilmer\u2019s final Instagram post<\/a> from just weeks before his death, where he was seen interacting with David Choe and putting on a Batman mask, is understood to date from around 2021.<\/p>\n

He hadn\u2019t been seen in public for over five years before his death, with his final appearance coming at the Thespians Go Hollywood Gala in 2019, which he attended with Mercedes, 33.<\/p>\n

The actor \u2013 who had worked with everyone from Marlon Brando, Francis Ford Coppola, Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro<\/a> to Kurt Russell, Jim Carrey and Patricia Arquette \u2013 shared his children with ex-wife Joanne Whalley<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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His appearance in Top Gun: Maverick in 2022 was assisted with the help of AI to recreate his voice (Picture: Paramount Pictures)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The pair met while filming cult classic fantasy film Willow<\/a>, marrying in 1988 and divorcing in 1996.<\/p>\n

Although prior to his marriage Kilmer had dated the likes of Cher, Cindy Crawford and Angelina Jolie, the actor was single for 20 years after his divorce.<\/p>\n

He wrote in is memoir I\u2019m You\u2019re Huckleberry, released in 2020: \u2018I haven\u2019t had a girlfriend in 20 years. The truth is I am lonely part of every day.\u2019<\/p>\n

Cher paid tribute to her ex-boyfriend, who she dated for two years in the early 80s, calling him a \u2018funny, crazy, pain in the ass\u2019 and a \u2018great friend\u2019 as well as praising his bravery during his ill health.<\/p>\n

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One of the most popular actors of the 80s and 90s, Kilmer shared his two children with ex-wife Joanne Whalley (pictured together in 1993’s neo-noir thriller Kill Me Again) (Picture: ITV\/Rex\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Film director Michael Mann wrote in as post on Instagram: \u2018While working with Val on Heat I always marvelled at the range, the brilliant variability within the powerful current of Val\u2019s possessing and expressing character.<\/p>\n

\u2018After so many years of Val battling disease and maintaining his spirit, this is tremendously sad news.\u2019<\/p>\n

Metro has contacted a rep for Val Kilmer for comment.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Film icon Val Kilmer died of pneumonia aged 65 on Tuesday (Picture: Suzanne Cordeiro\/Rex\/Shutterstock) Hollywood star Val Kilmer was reportedly bed-bound in the years leading up to his death this week. The Top Gun star died from pneumonia aged 65 on Tuesday, his daughter Mercedes announced. Now it\u2019s been reported that Kilmer \u2018couldn\u2019t keep fighting\u2019 and was bedridden \u2018for years before his death\u2019. Sources cited as close to the Batman Forever actor told TMZ that he suffered from \u2018a lack … Continue reading “Val Kilmer\u2019s final days after being bedridden for years before death aged 65”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3685"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3685"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3692,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3685\/revisions\/3692"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}