Overview
- On December 31, Mercedes Kilmer shared a 20-photo Instagram carousel marking what would have been her father's 66th birthday.
- She wrote that she was grateful to friends for getting her through 2025 and posted images spanning his childhood through his Hollywood career.
- The collection included photos with Joanne Whalley, including from the Willow set and what appears to be their wedding day.
- Val Kilmer died of pneumonia on April 1, 2025, after previously disclosing throat cancer and undergoing a tracheotomy that affected his voice.
- He continued working in later years, costarring with Mercedes in Paydirt in 2020 and making his final on-screen appearance in 2022's Top Gun: Maverick.