Hollywood idol Val Kilmer’s daughter has told of her terror as he was rushed to hospital with throat cancer. The star of Top Gun and The Doors spent months brushing aside pleas to get treatment for a growing lump in his throat.
The 60-year-old had believed his Christian Scientist faith and the power of prayer would help heal him. But then came the day Mercedes – now making a film with her dad – thought he was going to die.
Kilmer collapsed at his Los Angeles home in 2015 when his tumour finally burst. The 28-year-old actress said: “He was rushed to hospital. “It got so big it caused a blood vessel to pop.
He was bleeding out of his mouth. I remember almost fainting in the hospital. “They gave me juice and I had to sit on the floor.
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