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Val Kilmer, 'Top Gun' and Batman Star, Dies

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In June 1995 a pop confection hit thousands of movie screens.
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Kilmer, who died Tuesday from pneumonia at the age of 65, dated in the 1980s.
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Kilmer enjoyed a beloved and decades-long career in Hollywood as a versatile actor who was best known for playing the late rocker Jim Morrison in “The Doors” and the Caped Crusader in “Batman Forever...
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