Hollywood actor Val Kilmer dies aged 65

US actor Val Kilmer, who starred in Hollywood blockbuster films such as Top Gun and Batman Forever, has died of pneumonia at the age of 65. He died on Tuesday night in Los Angeles, his daughter Mercedes Kilmer said, after having recovered from a throat cancer diagnosis in 2014 that required two tracheotomies. 

Kilmer played Tom "Iceman" Kazansky alongside Cruise in the original Top Gun film and he reprised the role in the sequel. He also starred as rocker Jim Morrison in The Doors in 1991. His first movie role was in the 1984 Cold War spoof Top Secret.