TRAGIC VAL WENT DOWN FIGHTING!

Blamed treatments that saved him for his death at 65

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DEVOUT Christian Scientist Val Kilmer went to his grave April 1 believing the treatments that extended his life for nearly a decade following a devastating throat cancer diagnosis ultimately doomed him!

Top Gun’s cocky Iceman was finally grounded by pneumonia at age 65 — and one doctor consulted by The National ENQUIRER agrees with the assessment that the cancer-fighting efforts likely did him in!

“The treatments for cancer often suppress your immune system and make a cancer survivor more susceptible to contracting pneumonia,” notes longevity expert Dr. Gabe Mirkin, who did not treat Kilmer.

“Your body just doesn’t have a great ability to fight back. It’s ironic that we can cure cancer — but we may also kill people by curing it!”

The ENQUIRER was the FIRST to reveal the Batman Forever hero’s health woes in 2015 when we published shocking photos of the frail former hunk shuffling through the streets of Los Angeles with a large scarf covering his neck and face.