Val Kilmer won his battle against cancer, but nobody except those closest to him knew when he was in the thick of it. Among those that knew were his two kids; daughter Mercedes, 31, and son Jack, 27.
Val Kilmer has been through the worst of it, but thanks to his determination bolstered by support from his two kids, he made a grand return in “Top Gun: Maverick.”
The first rumor of famous actor Val Kilmer having a tumor or cancer was in 2015 when he spent time at a hospital and was later pictured with a tracheostomy tube on; however, he repeatedly denied having such a debilitating illness.
It was coming from the horse’s mouth, so people had no choice but to believe it; however, the following year, Kilmer’s longtime friend, Michael Douglas, implied at a public event that he had cancer.
The talented actor had been discussing one of his films at a Q&A in London, and he reportedly told the host, Jonathan Ross, that Val Kilmer was “dealing with exactly what I had, and things ...