Physical Address
304 North Cardinal St.
Dorchester Center, MA 02124
Physical Address
304 North Cardinal St.
Dorchester Center, MA 02124
Val Kilmer Through cancer fight a few years before his tragic death at the age of 65.
The A top gun and Batman forever actor, who died of pneumonia on Tuesday, April 1, confirmed to Hollywood reporter In December 2017 he had been battling cancer for the past two years, having initially denied reports of his illness.
Over the years, Kilmer was honest about how his cancer affected his life. The Hollywood reporter Piece noted that “Procedure on (Kilmer’s) Trachea has reduced his voice to Rasp and put it short of breath.”
Kilmer opened for the quality of his life in his 2021 documentary program, Valwhere he detailed having to use a feed tube. “I can’t speak without plugging this hole (in my neck),” he said, explaining, “You have to make the choice to breathe or eat.”
Scroll down to see what Kilmer said about the battle of his neck cancer over the years:
Reports emerged in January 2015 that Kilmer was taken to hospital for a suspected throat tumor. The actor’s representative said Tmz At the time he was having tests.
Cone Denied later he had a neck tumor in a statement posted through his Facebook page.
“Thank you for all your sweet support. But I have not had a tumor, or tumor operations, or any surgery. I had a complexity where the best way to be looked after was to stay under the smart eye of the ICU UCLA,” he wrote in the January 2015 post. As they say.
In October 2016, Kilmer’s The spirit and darkness costume Michael Douglas appear to confirm his cancer diagnosis.
“Val was a wonderful guy dealing with exactly what I had, and things don’t look too good for him,” said Douglas on stage during a question and answer event in London, referring to his own cancer treatment. (Douglas was diagnosed with oral cancer in 2010, but said he was free of cancer in 2011.)
Douglas added, “My prayers are with him. That’s why you haven’t heard too much from Val recently.”
Cone Rejected to start Get cancer in a statement via Facebook. “I love Michael Douglas but he has misled,” the actor wrote, adding that he had “no cancer at all.”
“He is a loving and dedicated friend to a privileged group of talent people worldwide, and I’m sure he didn’t mean any harm,” added from Douglas, 80.
However, in April 2017, Kilmer became clean about his cancer struggle in a Reddit but where he was asked for Douglas’ comments.
“He probably tries to help me cause the press to ask probably where I was these days, and I had a healing of cancer, but my tongue is still swollen altho all the time,” Kilmer wrote. “Because I don’t sound my usual self but people think I may be under the weather.”
In an interview in December 2017 with Hollywood reporterKilmer shared more details about his cancer diagnosis.
Kilmer credited his faith as a Christian scientist for helping him go through his chemotherapy. After the procedure, Kilmer said he no longer worried about Hollywood’s praise.
“I was too serious. I would get upset when things like Oscars failed and recognized my way,” he said.
In his 2020 biography, I am your huckleberryKilmer revealed how he turned to an ex-boyfriend ; For support in the midst of its cancer diagnosis in 2015.
“One night I woke up suddenly vomiting blood that covered the bed as a view out of it The godfath. I immediately prayed, then called 911. Then I warned my cross. Cher stepped in and stepped up, ”he wrote, by People.
“And yet even in my grave condition, I saw her scan the paramedic, who was a Gregory Peck leaking. Only Hollywood, right? Despite the fact that I was covered with blood, I caught her eye and bounced my browsing as groucho Marx. Hubba Hubba.
“Here we are, joking for beauty and desire, while I looked like a stunt man from Tarantino’s Reservoir dogs And yes, even though my life seems to be in mortal danger. We laughed out loud before they finished with my vitamins and closed an oxygen mask for me, ”he added.
In his Documentary 2021 program Valreleased through Amazon Prime Video, Kilmer has addressed the quality of his life after his cancer struggle.
“I was diagnosed with throat cancer lately. I’m still recovering, and it’s hard to talk and get me understand. But I want to tell my story more than ever,” he said in the dock.
In the movie, mainly reported by his son JackKilmer discussed his use of a feeding tube in detail. “I can’t speak without plugging this hole (in my neck),” he said, explaining, “You have to make the choice to breathe or eat.”
Kilmer added, “It is a barrier that is very present with whoever sees me,” before noting that it sounds “far worse” than he felt. “I have acted strange to some. I deny anything of this and I have no regrets because I’ve lost and found parts of myself that I never knew they existed. I’m wonderful.”