Cher is paying tribute to the "funny" and "brilliant" Val Kilmer after dating the "Top Gun" star in the 1980s.

Cher is remembering her late friend and former boyfriend, Val Kilmer. Kilmer, who died Tuesday from pneumonia at the age of 65, dated in the 1980s. They had nicknames for each other, according to Cher.

Cher revealed in a 2020 PEOPLE interview what she wrote to ex Val Kilmer in an intimate note before his death, along with how he responded. Cher and Kilmer, who died on April 1 at 65 years old, dated in the early '80s and remained friends since.

Directors including Ron Howard, Francis Ford Coppola and Michael Mann have paid tribute to actor Val Kilmer, following his death aged 65. Kilmer starred in some of the biggest movies of the 1980s and 90s,

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One person was taken to the hospital after a motorcycle crash late Wednesday night. Val Kilmer, the longtime Hollywood star known for roles in "Top Gun," "Heat" and "Tombstone," among other films, died this week.

His performances in films like The Doors, Heat and Batman Forever are all likely to come up, while Willow and True Romance have their own dedicated fans. One of his biggest films, Top Gun, is not only beloved by people old enough to have seen it when it was released in 1986,

Val Kilmer, the longtime Hollywood star known for roles in "Top Gun," "Heat" and "Tombstone," among other films, died this week. He was 65 years old. Kilmer, who battled throat cancer for several years,

Since news broke last night that actor Val Kilmer had died at the age of 65, there has been an outpouring of tributes from fellow actors and filmmakers praising Kilmer’s talent on-screen. Matt Corman,

The key to Val Kilmer’s appeal may lie in the performance he gave in a film many think of as a throwaway, Joel Schumacher’s shiny, intentionally kitschy, and absurdly entertaining Batman Forever, from 1995.

A unique talent, Val Kilmer was praised as an acting chameleon who took on varied and challenging roles, and the results were often memorable.

Hollywood stars have paid tribute to Val Kilmer, who has died at age 65. The versatile actor played flying ace Iceman opposite Tom Cruise in “Top Gun" and Batman in “Batman Forever.”

Here are some of his best and most memorable roles, and where to watch them. There’s a bit of a Sliding Doors situation in which Kilmer might have been part of that young, promising cast of Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Outsiders” had he not had commitments in the theater — but Kilmer’s first major starring role would ultimately come in Jim Abrahams,

Val Kilmer, a movie star in the 1980s and ‘90s who played everything from Batman to Doc Holliday, died on Tuesday, according to his daughter Mercedes Kilmer, who released a statement to the New York Times.

Val Kilmer, the longtime Hollywood star known for roles in "Top Gun," "Heat" and "Tombstone," among other films, died this week. He was 65 years old. Kilmer, who battled throat cancer for several years,

Val Kilmer, the brooding, versatile actor who played fan favorite Iceman in “Top Gun,” donned a voluminous cape as Batman in “Batman Forever” and portrayed Jim Morrison in “The Doors,” has died. He was 65.

TRIBUTE: The star of ‘The Doors’, ‘Top Gun’, ‘Heat’ and ‘Batman Forever’ – who has died at the age of 65 – was notorious for clashing with directors and struggling with his own celebrity. Coupled with his undeniable talent,

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