Chameleonic actor-comedian who leapt from the sketch comedy
show Saturday Night Live on NBC, for which he was a regular
cast member from 1980 to 1984 to "Beverly Hills Cop" and
"The Nutty Professor" film series.

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(FOX NEWS) – Actor Val Kilmer, who starred in many high-
profile films, including "Top Gun," "Batman Forever" and
"Tombstone," died Tuesday (April 1).

The New York Times reported that Kilmer died of pneumonia.

Kilmer, who played Tom "Iceman" Kazansky in the original
"Top Gun" in 1986, died in Los Angeles, according to his
daughter, Mercedes Kilmer. 

In 2015, Kilmer was diagnosed with throat cancer. He
subsequently underwent a tracheal procedure that
damaged his vocal cords, leaving him with severe
difficulty speaking. He also underwent chemotherapy
and two tracheotomies.

Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise in Top Gun (1986)

Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer (1993)

 
   
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Actress Elizabeth MacGraw won a Golden Globe Award
for Most Promising Newcomer for her role in Goodbye,
Columbus (1969).

She then starred in Love Story (1970), for which she was
nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and
won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion
Picture – Drama.

1978

Oscar-winning actor Christopher Walken is noted for offbeat performances in films like "The Deer Hunter" and "Pulp
Fiction."

Walken has earned him numerous accolades including an
Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild
Award, as well as nominations for two Primetime Emmy
Awards and two Tony Awards. His films have grossed
more than $1.6 billion in the United States alone.

Dr. Kildare is an NBC medical drama television series which originally ran from September 28, 1961, until August 30,
1966.

(The Hollywood Reporter) – Richard Chamberlain died Saturday
night in Waimanalo, Hawaii, of complications following a stroke.
He was two days shy of his 91st birthday.

Shōgun is a 1980 historical drama miniseries
first broadcast on NBC over five nights
between September 15 and 19, 1980.

The Thorn Birds TV miniseries broadcast on ABC from
March 27 to 30, 1983.