Val Kilmer’s two kids: all about Mercedes and Jack

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Val Kilmer had a true romance with his ex-wife Joanne Whalley.The couple met on the set of the 1988 adventure/fantasy movie “Willow.”Kilmer, who died from pneumonia on April 1 at 65, and Whalley, 63, tied the knot that year and shortly after welcomed daughter Mercedes, now 33, in 1991.

Then, in June 1995, Whalley gave birth to the pair’s second child, a son Jack, 29.Kilmer and Whalley separated one month after Jack was born, with the actress filing for divorce in July, citing irreconcilable differences.Through it all, his kids remained a top priority.“I can’t be a responsible parent and only be there three or four months a year,” the actor explained to Vanity Fair in 2012.Kilmer, who went through a two-year throat cancer battle after being diagnosed in 2015, gushed over Mercedes and Jack while talking to People in 2020.

The “Top Gun” star called his two kids “really brilliant.”“I am just madly, wildly entertained by them,” continued Kilmer. “My only gripe is that I never see them enough, so I never get enough of the wild entertainment that everyone else gets, but they’re really, really, entertaining.”Mercedes also noted that when it came to her father’s health challenges, “so many good things have come out of it.”“We all spend so much time together,” she told the outlet.