Tom Cruise paid tribute to his “Top Gun” co-star Val Kilmer, who died on Tuesday at the age of 65. Cruise attended CinemaCon, the annual convention of movie theater owners, to hype up “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning,

A flurry of other tributes from major celebrities emerged on April 2, 2025, the day after Kilmer's daughter Mercedes confirmed his death to The New York Times. She said that Kilmer, 65, died of pneumonia. He had long been battling throat cancer.