Val Kilmer

 The wrong people keep dying.

God damn it, now Val Kilmer's dead?

Really?

Dead of pneumonia at age 65.  

Geez! 

Val Kilmer had a long and varied film career, ranging from comedy (Real Genius) to drama (he played Jim Morrison in The Doors).  

Of course I saw him in Batman Forever where he took on the role of the Caped Crusader.  He lacked the sly wit and unhinged intensity of Michael Keaton but I thought he did really well as Bruce Wayne/Batman. 

A very funny and off beat movie Kilmer was in was Top Secret!, a film from the fine folks who gave us Airplane!  Val played Nick Rivers who is a rock star/super spy fighting Nazis. It's basically every Elvis Presley movie distilled to it's most absurdist form. 

Here is a clip where Val gets his Elvis on.

In 2014, Val Kilmer had throat cancer and while he recovered from that, it still left a major impact on his health. 

Kilmer was able to pull it together for a cameo as Iceman in Top Gun Maverick.  

One of Val Kilmer's strangest roles ever was perhaps in this SNL Digital Short with Andy Samberg and Katy Perry in a perky little number about friendship. Kilmer is a mad scientist who wants to be friends too!

The homeless drug addict was Matt Damon.

Anyway, Val Kilmer is dead now and life is just unfair. 

Rest in peace, Val.