Val Kilmer, who played Bruce Wayne in “Batman Forever,” channeled as Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone‘s “The Doors” and starred in several other 1980s favorites, has died. He was 65.
@f00l@heartny@Kyeh Yes, he had cancer in 2015 & battled it for a couple of years, then had some ongoing health effects from it, like needing a feeding tube at some point, but he ended up dying from pneumonia. Please get your vaccines, people, especially those of us with chronic health conditions. It’s especially important now that we’re bringing back all the classics–tuberculosis, measles, whooping cough, polio & God only knows what else is waiting in the wings.
I know I’m late (but not THAT late) but I missed saying RIP 2024!
Val Kilmer, who played Bruce Wayne in “Batman Forever,” channeled as Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone‘s “The Doors” and starred in several other 1980s favorites, has died. He was 65.
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/val-kilmer-dead-batman-forever-tombstone-1236354606/
@heartny
So young!
@heartny @Kyeh
I think he had some form of cancer maybe
he played a dying character in top gun Maverick
@f00l @heartny Yes, that linked article said throat cancer.
@f00l @heartny @Kyeh Yes, he had cancer in 2015 & battled it for a couple of years, then had some ongoing health effects from it, like needing a feeding tube at some point, but he ended up dying from pneumonia.
Please get your vaccines, people, especially those of us with chronic health conditions. It’s especially important now that we’re bringing back all the classics–tuberculosis, measles, whooping cough, polio & God only knows what else is waiting in the wings. 
I will watch Real Genius in memory of his life.
@heartny I’m your Huckleberry.
@yakkoTDI @zhicks1987 I am the Lizard King, I can do anything.
@heartny Iceman, noooo!!!
@heartny He added the word “peck” to my vocabulary.
Joe DePugh, 75, inspiration for Bruce Springsteen’s “Glory Days”
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/bruce-springsteen-tribute-joe-depugh-glory-days-1235937523/
@ircon96
Always liked that song…