As Hollywood continues to mourn the loss of Val Kilmer, details about the late actor’s final days have surfaced.
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According to TMZ, Kilmer had struggled health-wise for more than a decade before his death at 65. Following his throat cancer battle, which included multiple tracheostomies, the actor struggled to speak. He was forced to talk through a voice box.
Despite recovering from cancer, Val Kilmer continued to deal with the aftereffects of the disease even years later.
Sources close to the late actor told TMZ that he lacked energy related to his treatment, resulting in being bed-bound for a long time. Although he was cancer-free during the final years of his life, Kilmer’s body couldn’t keep fighting at the end, resulting in it eventually shutting down.
Val Kilmer’s Death Reportedly Wasn’t Sudden
Meanwhile, sources told TMZ that Val Kilmer was very frail near the end of his life. The sources said that Kilmer’s health was seriously declining during his final week alive. His friends and family visited him in the hospital.
They further confirmed that Val Kilmer had been previously hospitalized earlier this year.
Although he recently posted a video of himself wearing a Batman mask on his Instagram, sources said the clip was taken years ago.
His last public appearance was years before his death. He was last publicly seen with his daughter, Mercedes, at the 2019 Thespians Go Hollywood Gala.