Write Team: Paying tribute to Val Kilmer

The American West: Val Kilmer's "Tombstone"

Despite performances as Tom Cruise’s rival in “Top Gun,” Jim Morrison in “The Doors” and Bruce Wayne/Batman in “Batman Forever” (1995), Val Kilmer is probably best remembered as the witty, drunken, charming but deadly Doc Holliday in “Tombstone.”

The Wildest Stories About Val Kilmer

Val Kilmer was a force as an actor, one who had a complex personality that earned him fans and naysayers alike. Some of his co-stars were taken aback by his eccentricities, while others who worked with him found Kilmer's uniqueness to be charming and endearing. Either way, anyone who interacted with Kilmer couldn't fault his dedication to his craft.After Kilmer's death at the age of 65 on April 1, 2025, there were many tributes to his abilities …

Write Team: Paying tribute to Val Kilmer

Last Tuesday we lost Val Kilmer, a vastly underrated actor, who chiseled into our memories some great characters. Kilmer was only 65.

Val Kilmer was both star and iceman in Ontario for ‘Citizen Twain’

Many in Hollywood said Val Kilmer was hard to work with. Some in Ontario agree. Kilmer, who died April 1 of pneumonia at age 65, performed his one-man Mark Twain show “Citizen Twain” onstage at Chaffey High’s Gardiner Spring Auditorium from Nov. 8-10, 2013. Dave Masterson, the theater teacher who lured Kilmer here, doesn’t regret it. Audiences, he tells me by phone Monday, loved the show. But the experience was disillusioning, with Kilmer often …

Val Kilmer died from pneumonia. How do you prevent the respiratory infection?

Val Kilmer, the actor behind iconic characters from "Batman Forever," "Top Gun," "Tombstone" and more, has died. The 65-year-old film star died April 1 from a battle with pneumonia, an infection that raises increased risks for older adults.

Remembering Val Kilmer's iconic role as 'Gay' Perry in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

recent passing of Val Kilmer, I decided to rewatch my favourite movie of his, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. In the movie, he plays a smart, cool, confident and queer detective nicknamed ‘Gay’ Perry. I think he stole the movie, and the lead actor, Robert Downey Jr, has said the same.Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is a dark comedy crime film starring Downey Jr as Harry Lockhart, a New York-based burglar who accidentally wins a screen test and ends up in Los Angeles. …