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Val Kilmer's heartbreaking final words before he lost his voice revealed - after throat cancer left him using voice box
The Hollywood star, who passed away from pneumonia aged 65 on Tuesday, was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014 and underwent a tracheotomy.
The Hollywood star, who passed away from pneumonia aged 65 on Tuesday, was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014 and underwent surgery, including a tracheotomy which created an artificial hole in his neck to help him breath. After coughing up blood in 2014 he was rushed to hospital and had two emergency tracheotomies - where a hole is created in the neck and windpipe for a tube to be inserted to breathe - as well as chemotherapy and radiation. After stepping back from the public eye, he emotionally admitted it was 'difficult to talk and be understood' amid his lengthy recovery from throat cancer, which also saw him fed meals through a tube.
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