Some notable followers of Christian Science in the film industry included Val Kilmer, Carol Elaine Channing, George Hamilton, Ginger Rogers, and Doris Day. Val Kilmer had previously credited his ...

Kilmer was an L.A. kid who also owned bison. He was Cindy Crawford’s ex and Bob Dylan’s pal, and he portrayed Jim Morrison, ...

Hollywood legend Val Kilmer drew an outpouring of grief ... Throughout his health struggles, he found solace in Christian Science, a 19th century American movement that teaches that diseases ...

Val Kilmer, who was a devout Christian Scientist ... from a healer who would guide him through prayer. According to Christian Science, practitioners of the faith reportedly do not rely on ...

Two years later, Kilmer played Lt Tom "Iceman" Kazansky, Tom Cruise's deadly fighter pilot rival in Top Gun. A thrilling patriotic Cold War buddy movie, it cost just $15m (£12m) to make but took more ...

Val Kilmer has died of pneomonia at the age ... But while he wanted to go away with a Christian Science practitioner – which is essentially a spiritual advisor – to heal, his family did ...

And so, in a slightly shaggier way, was his rival and compatriot in “Top Gun,” Val ... plays a science wizard at Pacific Tech who becomes the mentor to a 15-year-old prodigy, and Kilmer ...

Beloved actor Val Kilmer died from pneumonia on Tuesday ... It's the most humble job, but he's happy,” Kilmer told Christian Science Sentinel in 2004. “It has to be his complete acceptance ...

The tumor was attributed to oral cancer. Val Kilmer's cancer eventually went into remission, which he credited to his strong Christian Science beliefs. He reportedly declined numerous conventional ...

Val Kilmer, who has died at the age of 65 ... which examined the relationship between Christian Science founder Mary Baker Eddy and her long-term critic writer Mark Twain. A 90-minute film ...