Kilmer was an L.A. kid who also owned bison. He was Cindy Crawford's ex and Bob Dylan's pal, and he portrayed Jim Morrison, John Holmes, and Batman. Was he the most advanced actor of our time?

Hollywood actor Val Kilmer has sadly died at the age of 65 after a battle with pneumonia. The star was also previously diagnosed with throat cancer and had a 'hard time swallowing'

A wide-ranging leading man who earned critical praise, he was known to be charismatic but unpredictable. At one point he dropped out of Hollywood for a decade.

The Hollywood actor, who sadly passed away this week from pneumonia, previously faced a health battle where he had a "hard time swallowing" and even woke up in a "pool of his own blood"

If God spoke in a still, small voice, for my generation, it was the voice of Val Kilmer.

Val Kilmer wrote candidly about life, love and "Top Gun" in his 2020 memoir. Upon his death, we revisit the book's most interesting revelations.

PEOPLE cover story, in which Val Kilmer's kids praised the actor's 'energy' and drive to 'go out there and be the best that he can be' after recovering from throat cancer. Kilmer died Tuesday, April 1,

The late Batman Forever star grew up in Los Angeles alongside his brothers Mark and Wesley Kilmer. Val was the middle child of Gladys Swanette and real estate developer Eugene Kilmer.