The official cause of death for actor Val Kilmer was revealed Thursday, with a death certificate issued by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and obtained by TMZ citing pneumonia as the immediate cause, with other underlying medical conditions.
The star of such hit movies as “Top Gun,” “The Doors,” “Tombstone,” and “Batman Forever” had squamous cell carcinoma at the base of his tongue and suffered from hypoxemic respiratory failure and chronic respiratory failure, according to the document.
Other factors noted on the 65-year-old Kilmer’s death certificate included malnutrition and a tracheocutaneous fistula, which can occur with those who have had a tracheostomy, a procedure to help air and oxygen reach the lungs by creating an opening into the trachea from outside the neck, according to the National Library of Medicine.
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