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Top Gun star Val Kilmer dies aged 65 as Tom Cruise’s tears during final meeting resurface

The sad death of Top Gun and Batman actor Val Kilmer has been announced - with his cause of death also revealed

Riding high, in 1988 Val appeared in the fantasy movie Willow – where he met his future wife; co-star, Joanne Whalley. On X, TV writer and comedian Mike Drucker wrote: “Val Kilmer felt like an actor who, no matter what the material, always understood the assignment.” And a guy jumped out and strode inside: He had wild hair and he was barefoot, shirtless, and wearing nothing but a pair of tight leather pants.

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