Val Kilmer died from pneumonia in April 2025. He was 65.
Val Kilmer’s daughter Mercedes is honoring her late father.
On what would have been the “Top Gun” star’s 66th birthday, his daughter, 34, took to Instagram to pen a touching tribute.
“My dad would have been 66 today,” Mercedes wrote alongside a carousel of 20 pictures, “born on the last day of the fifties ❤️ so grateful to all my friends for getting me through 2025.”
The images included shots of Kilmer, who died of pneumonia in April 2025, as a child, in various movies throughout his career, on his wedding day with ex-wife Joanne Whalley, 64, and with Mercedes and son Jack, 30.
Kilmer was married to Whalley, whom he shared Mercedes and Jack with, from 1988 to 1996.
Despite the short-lived marriage, the “Batman” actor remained a constant in his kids’ lives.
“I can’t be a responsible parent and only be there three or four months a year,” Kilmer told Vanity Fair in 2012.
In 2020, Mercedes starred in the film “Paydirt” alongside her dad.
“The producer called me up and asked me if I would play this role and I said, ‘I don’t know if you’ve found anybody yet to play my daughter, but I might have someone for you. Her name is Mercedes Kilmer and perhaps you’d be interested in meeting with her,’” Kilmer told People at the time.
