Val Kilmer
Confined to Mattress for Years Earlier than Demise
… Very Frail on the Finish
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Val Kilmer‘s well being had critically deteriorated close to the top of his life … leaving him unable to get off the bed for years earlier than his loss of life, TMZ has realized.
Household sources inform TMZ … Val had an absence of power associated to his most cancers remedy — and, consequently, he was bed-bound for a very long time.
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Whereas he was cancer-free, we’re instructed his physique merely could not maintain preventing on the finish … and, his physique ultimately shut down.
In accordance with our sources, Val was very frail close to the top of his life … and, his loss of life wasn’t sudden. His well being critically declined previously week and his family and friends got here to Val’s facet on the hospital within the days earlier than his loss of life. He had been beforehand hospitalized earlier this yr.
We’re additionally instructed {that a} video of Kilmer donning a Batman masks he posted to Instagram in February was taken years in the past… so, his look in it is not correct to how he appeared within the final months of his life.
Kilmer hadn’t appeared in public for years earlier than his loss of life … final attending the Thespians Go Hollywood Gala again in 2019 along with his daughter, Mercedes.
Val has two kids … and, we’re instructed they’re engaged on his funeral preparations. As you recognize, Mercedes confirmed her dad’s passing to the New York Instances yesterday … revealing he died after a battle with pneumonia.
Kilmer was hospitalized with throat most cancers again in 2015 … and, whereas he ultimately went into remission, his voice was irreparably harmed by the illness.
Quite a few celebs together with Cher, Francis Ford Coppola and Jennifer Tilly have paid tribute to Kilmer within the hours after his loss of life.
Val was 65.
RIP
