“Top Gun” and “Batman Forever” actor Val Kilmer dies at 65

American actor Val Kilmer died from pneumonia on Tuesday night at the age of 65, surrounded by his family and friends, his daughter Mercedes announced.  

Kilmer was born in 1959 and grew up in Los Angeles.  At 17 years old, he became the youngest actor at the time ever accepted to Juilliard, a prestigious performance arts school in New York.  

Kilmer first rose to fame in the 1980s, with roles in comedy films like the 1984 spy…