Mercedes Kilmer confirmed the “Top Gun” and “Heat” actor died at his Los Angeles home from pneumonia to The Associated Press.

Val Kilmer kept his throat cancer secret for several years. He died of pneumonia on Tuesday, more than 10 years after his cancer diagnosis.

Val Kilmer died of pneumonia. How does the common illness turn deadly? What disease did Val Kilmer have? Kilmer was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014, Mercedes revealed to the