Editing Val Kilmer (section)

===Health===
In 2014, Kilmer was forced to cancel a ''Citizen Twain'' show after losing his voice. He noticed a lump in his throat but did not seek medical care until he started vomiting blood.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/val-kilmer-ignored-these-symptoms-before-cancer-diagnosis-11707925|title=Val Kilmer Ignored These Symptoms Before a Harrowing 2015 Hospitalization Led to Throat Cancer Diagnosis|website=People.com}}</ref> In January 2015, he was hospitalized for what his representative said were tests for a possible tumor. Kilmer stated on social media, "I have not had a tumor, or tumor operations{{sic}}, or any operation. I had a complication where the best way to receive care was to stay under the watchful eye of the [[UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica|UCLA]] [[intensive care|ICU]]."<ref name="health">{{Cite web |date=January 30, 2015 |title=Val Kilmer Hospitalized For Throat Tumor |url=https://tmz.com/2015/01/30/val-kilmer-hospitalized-tumor-throat-bleeding/ |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160916185530/http://www.tmz.com/2015/01/30/val-kilmer-hospitalized-tumor-throat-bleeding/ |archive-date=September 16, 2016 |access-date=October 31, 2016 |website=[[TMZ.com]]}}</ref> Kilmer was a lifelong [[Christian Science|Christian Scientist]], and upon his throat cancer diagnosis referred to it in the press as "the suggestion of throat cancer", opting not to explicitly associate himself with such a diagnosis. He underwent recommended chemotherapy following his children's request despite it being conventionally against his religion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Val Kilmer Explains Why He Got Chemo Despite His Religious Beliefs |url=https://www.etonline.com/val-kilmer-explains-why-he-got-chemo-for-his-cancer-despite-it-being-against-his-religious-beliefs |access-date=July 11, 2024 |website=Entertainment Tonight |language=en-US}}</ref>

After previously denying persistent rumors that he had been diagnosed with cancer, Kilmer said in April 2017 that he had experienced a "[[Remission (medicine)|healing of cancer]]".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Knapp |first=JD |date=April 30, 2017 |title=Val Kilmer Confirms Cancer Rumors, Says He's in 'Healing' Stages |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/val-kilmer-confirms-cancer-rumors-says-healing-reddit-michael-douglas-1202404289/ |access-date=May 1, 2017 |website= Variety}}</ref><ref name="NYT_What_Happened">{{cite magazine |author1=Taffy Brodesser-Akner |date=May 6, 2020 |title= What Happened to Val Kilmer? He's Just Starting to Figure It Out |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/06/magazine/val-kilmer.html |magazine=The New York Times Magazine |access-date= August 14, 2020}}</ref> In December 2017, ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' revealed that Kilmer had endured a "two-year battle with [[Laryngeal cancer|throat cancer]]" and that "a procedure on his [[trachea]] has reduced his voice to a rasp and rendered him short of breath." To speak, Kilmer plugged an electric voice box into his trachea.<ref name="Abramovitch-2017">{{Cite web |last=Abramovitch |first=Seth |date=December 20, 2017 |title=Val Kilmer Opens Up About Battling Cancer and His Kids' Showbiz Ambitions |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/val-kilmer-opens-up-battling-cancer-his-kids-showbiz-ambitions-1068733 |website= The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=December 21, 2017}}</ref>

He ultimately underwent [[chemotherapy]] and two [[tracheotomy|tracheotomies]].<ref name="Abramovitch-2017" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Pappademas |first1=Alex |date=April 21, 2020 |title=Val Kilmer Doesn't Believe in Death |url=https://www.menshealth.com/trending-news/a32162764/val-kilmer-career-cancer-interview/ |access-date=April 23, 2020 |publisher=Men's Health}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Day |first=Nate |date=August 3, 2020 |title=Val Kilmer says he's doing great after tracheotomy: 'I feel a lot better than I sound' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/val-kilmer-doing-a-lot-better-after-tracheotomy |access-date=August 5, 2020 |website=Fox News}}</ref><ref name="NYT_What_Happened"/><ref>{{cite web |date=May 6, 2020 |title=Val Kilmer Explains Why He Got Chemo for His Cancer Despite It Being Against His Religious Beliefs |url=https://www.etonline.com/val-kilmer-explains-why-he-got-chemo-for-his-cancer-despite-it-being-against-his-religious-beliefs |access-date=January 15, 2025 |work=ET Online}}</ref> Kilmer reported in 2020 that he had been cancer-free for four years but continued to struggle with medical treatments, including the use of a [[feeding tube]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Watts |first=Marina |date=August 4, 2020 |title=Here's what Val Kilmer has said about his cancer struggles so far |url=https://www.newsweek.com/heres-what-val-kilmer-has-said-about-his-cancer-struggles-so-far-1522687 |website= Newsweek}}</ref>