Remembering Val Kilmer, whose roles helped define the 1980s and '90s on screen

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Published April 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM EDT

Actor Val Kilmer has died at 65. Kilmer played Jim Morrison, Batman, and dozens of other characters in movies that helped define the 1980s and 1990s.

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