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I had been trying to write a Val Kilmer story for years and he would never say yes to it.
And finally, he said yes.
I don't know why I was so lucky to have him say yes at that moment, but I know what he would say.
I know that he would say that it wasn't luck, that it was my faith.
These people, you write about them and you become associated with them forever.
And you don't even know what a privilege that's going to be years and years later.
I'm Taffy Brodas or Ackner and I'm a staff writer for the New York Times Magazine.
The actor Val Kilmer died on Tuesday in Los Angeles at the age of 65.
And for the Sunday read this week, we are once again airing the profile I wrote of Val in 2020 during a pandemic.
Everyone has a favorite Val Kilmer that feels very personal and specific to them.
In Top Gun, in Heat, in The Doors, in Batman Forever.
He was the kind of actor who was always running from his good looks, even as he greatly benefited from them.