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Val Kilmer, Batman Forever and Top Gun Star, Dead at 65
He was also known for playing Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone’s The Doors.
Actor Val Kilmer, who took on a range of roles from Batman Forever ’s Bruce Wayne to Top Gun ’s Tom “Iceman” Kazansky, died on April 1 in Los Angeles. Born in Los Angeles in 1959, Kilmer decided to formally pursue acting when he was a high school student; at 17, he became the youngest person at the time to be accepted into Juilliard’s Drama Division. “I was insecure when I was younger, and competitive and wanted to be loved for my Hamlet while I waited in line for my decaf, not ‘Hey, Iceman!’ I mean … [ Top Gun] is still the best airplane movie ever made, and I laugh myself silly when I see it on TV!
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