Val kilmer's throat cancer journey. Actor val kilmer, who beat throat cancer and continues to create vibrant abstract art, recently shared a throwback video clip of himself putting on a batman mask and allowing fans to hear his voice, years after undergoing a tracheostomy (or tracheotomy), a surgical procedure that connects the windpipe to a hole in the front of the neck. Discovery to finally release joel. According to multiple sources including his 2020 documentary val and his memoir i'm your huckleberry the procedures allowed kilmer to fully recover from his throat cancer diagnosis and. Val kilmer battled throat cancer and is now in remission.
Val kilmer is presently in remission from throat cancer, though the alexander stars voice was modified from treatment. The star, sadly, sustained agonizing rounds of chemotherapy and radiation treatments, however it was a tracheotomy that completely harmed his voice. Where is val kilmer today? Though his health issues have made acting more difficult, kilmer did appear briefly in 2022s top gun: Maverick, reprising his iceman role from the original film. Tom cruises maverick goes to see iceman, who is sick with throat cancer. Im sure this cant be news to you that hes chronically eccentric, mr. Val edward kilmer was born in los angeles on dec. 31, 1959, and grew up in the chatsworth.