Val Kilmer's daughter Mercedes and his ex-wife Joanne Whalley were depicted for the first time since the tragic death of the actor at the age of 65.
Mercedes, 33, and her mother, 63, saw a tender hug sharing outside a house in West Hollywood, only a day after she confirmed that her father died of pneumonia on Tuesday.
Kilmer's daughter was depicted in a black sweatshirt, UGG boots and sunglasses while wearing two large carrier bags on her shoulder.
Joanne wore a long red cardigan above a black top and pants and was depicted to embrace her daughter in a moment of shared sorrow.
Apart from Mercedes, the cinema icon – famous for iconic roles in Top Gun, Batman and the Doors – is also survived by son Jack Kilmer, 29.
Kilmer was married to fellow actress Joanne from 1988 to 1996.
Val Kilmer's daughter Mercedes, 33, and his ex-wife Joanne Whalley, 63, were depicted for the first time since the tragic death of the actor at 65
Joanne was depicted to embrace her daughter in a moment of shared sorrow
Mercedes was seen outside a house in West Hollywood, only a day after she confirmed that her father died of pneumonia on Tuesday
Kilmer – famous for iconic roles in Top Gun, Batman and the Doors – died at the age of 65 after a long health struggle; Shown 2019
Val enforced a close relationship with his two children prior to his shock.
Despite his intense 11-year-old struggle with throat cancer, causing him to use voicebox and career demanding career, the late A-Lister has always found ways to give priority to spending time with his children.
This included taking his daughter Mercedes to his last public performance, because his plus one for the annual Thespians Go Hollywood Gala in Avalon Hollywood in 2019.
During the event, the couple, which cost in the 2020 film Paydirt, was close together while posing together for photos on the red carpet.
Earlier, the versatile actor revealed to Vanity Fair that he turned working with '10 really great directors to put his family and marriage first.
“I can't be a responsible parent and there are only three or four months a year,” he explained.
In 2020 he said to people: 'I am just insane, wildly entertained by them. My only complaint is that I never see them enough, so I never get enough of the wild entertainment that everyone gets, but they are real, really, entertaining. '
While talking about her father's health struggle, Mercedes tried to remain optimistic.
Joanne wore a long red cardigan above a black top and pants
Apart from Mercedes, the cinema icon – famous for iconic roles in Top Gun, Batman and the Doors – is also survived by son Jack Kilmer, 29
Val maintained a close relationship with his two children prior to his shockdood
Mercedes wore a large green jacket in her hand
“We all spend so much time together,” she told The Outlet. “Even just to meet all my father's friends before I was born – there are so many beautiful things that happen when you need help from people.”
Mercedes previously revealed to the Hollywood Reporter that she could not remember that she was not aware of the fame of her parents.
“It was about navigating how other people observed us instead of any form of settlement,” she said during the 2017 interview.
Not long after her father was diagnosed with cancer, Mercedes recalled by a car.
“We were in the same hospital at the same time,” she told the outlet.
In 2020 she described her father as a 'good friend' of her and 'a smart and creative person with whom she would like to hang out, even if he was not her father, for people.
In the same year she played his daughter on the screen in the film, Paydirt, after her father suggested that she would fit well with the role.
“Mercedes and the producer met, and they all had a ball,” he told people about how they ended up on the same film.
Mercedes explained that the experience helped her grow as an actress.
“It is clear that my father's speech was affected and therefore this whole experience revealed the personal effort I had made to work with a disability that I had never done before,” she explained.
Mercedes continued: 'It revealed how much I had to win by working with people who have different skills. My father is able to bypass the limitations of his speech very artfully, so I learned so much to see him, how he communicated physically. It taught me so much about acting that expanded what I thought was acting, which was central in speech. '
Kilmer was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014 and underwent surgery, including a tracheotomy that significantly influenced his ability to speak. He was later declared cancer freely.
Val brought his daughter like his plus one to the 2019 Thspians Go Hollywood Gala, which was his last public performance
Kilmer was known for his role as Iceman in the Hitfilm Top Gun in 1986 and as Batman/Bruce Wayne in the Batman of 1995 Forever. Despite his permanently damaged voice, he returned a short return to the screen in 2022's Top Gun: Maverick, who repeated his role as Iceman opposite Tom Cruise. It was his last appearance on a large screen.
The resident of Los Angeles also played famous musician Jim Morrison in the 1991 film The Doors.
Kilmer underwent both radiotherapy and chemotherapy for his cancer, as well as a tracheostomy a procedure to create an artificial gap in this neck to help him breathe.
The last damaged his vocal cords permanently permanent and therefore changed his striking voice forever.
Kilmer reported in 2020 that he had been cancer -free for four years.
