Connecticut’s Mark Twain House and Museum honored Kilmer with a post and photo highlighting his love for Mark Twain.

Actor Val Kilmer, best known for "Top Gun," "The Doors," and his starring role as Batman, died on April 1, 2025, at age 65. In this Sept. 22, 2013 "Sunday Morning" story, correspondent Bill Geist sat down with Kilmer,

Val Kilmer’s family has broken their silence following his death Tuesday at the age of 65. “Thank you for honoring our extraordinary father’s memory,” the Top Gun star’s family, which includes daughter Mercedes,

Hollywood mourns the loss of the “Top Gun,” “Tombstone,” “Mindhunters,” "Heat" and “Batman Forever” actor after his death at age 65

Cher and Val Kilmer dated in the early ’80s. The late “Top Gun” actor revealed in his 2020 memoir that the musician helped him during his health scare.

Michael Mann, Francis Ford Coppola, Nicolas Cage, Jim Carrey and Josh Brolin were among the many entertainment industry figures who paid tribute to Val Kilmer after news of his death was announced.

I’m your Huckleberry,’ he said in an echo of the figure from Mark Twain who inspired him throughout his career.

"U Were Funny, crazy, pain in the ass, GREAT FRIEND, kids [love] U," continued Cher, noting that Kilmer was "brilliant" as Mark Twain, whom he portrayed in 2014's Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn as well as the 2016 one-man play Mark Twain: Citizen Twain.