Val Kilmers list of A-list lovers was as impressive as his film credits but heres why he was single when he died

Val Kilmer was a Hollywood star in the classic mold, known for his big movies — “Top Gun,” “Tombstone” and “Batman Forever” — as well as his love affairs.Some succeeded, some failed, but they were never dull.The square-jawed heartthrob — whose family announced he died of pneumonia Tuesday, following an 11-year battle with throat cancer — romanced Cindy Crawford, Angelina Jolie, Ellen Barkin and, most notably, Cher.During the eccentric star’s heyday in the ’80s and early ’90s, he was a Tinseltown chick magnet of the highest order, drawing the smartest, coolest and most beautiful of Hollywood.Director Brett Ratner says Kilmer’s personality as much as his leading man looks made him alluring to filmmakers as well as the opposite sex.“He wasn’t a normal guy.

His charm, on the screen and off, was amazing.And the devotion to his craft was 200%,” Ratner told The Post.

“He was charming, funny and talented.”Los Angeles-born Kilmer’s sparkling combination did the trick for Cher, his first big-time girlfriend.He was 21 and had just finished at the Julliard acting school in New York, she was in her mid-30s when they connected at a birthday party.In his autobiography, “I’m Your Huckleberry,” Kilmer talks about the singer whisking him off to a top story suite at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas during their whirlwind romance.“I was smitten (and flattered and aroused and exhilarated) to be with so glamorous a star .

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Maybe the decision to leave New York and go to Hollywood with Cher was easy,” he wrote.For her part, Cher talked about being “madly in love” with Kilmer and recalled how they enjoyed “fabulous sex,” on the Howard Stern Show last November.However, she told People magazine they were each “alpha males,” and “both individuals ..

neither of us was going to give up on that.”She said the footloose ladies man was one of the very few who ever left her.“Sometimes you’re only meant to stay with someone so lo...