Forte remembers his friend and former roommate, who died April 1, in a new tribute.
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Will Fortewas especially close toVal Kilmer, whodied April 1.
Come on, that stuff’s going to rot your mind.'
Will Forte and Val Kilmer.Credit:Arturo Holmes/WireImage; Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic
I said, ‘It’s pretty good.
You should sit down and watch it.
Give it a try before you s— on it.’
Val Kilmer and Will Forte in ‘MacGruber’.Greg Peters/Rogue/Universal
So he sat down and he started watching it, and he got really into it."
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Really into it.
Let’s doThe Amazing Race.'
I’m like, ‘I am so fully in,'" Forte recalled.
Kilmer’s daughter, Mercedes Kilmer, told theNew York Timesthat her father died of pneumonia.
While he had been diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014, she said he had recovered.
“He was in a situation where he was going to sell his place in New Mexico.
It ended up being two-and-a-half months.”
They were just sitting at the kitchen table with music in the background.
“These Doors songs started playing, and we spontaneously both started singing,” Forte wrote.
“I think it started with ‘L.A.
Woman,’ and then we sang ‘Roadhouse Blues’ and then ‘Touch Me.’
Now he’s just become Val to me.”
