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Val Kilmer was the voice of my generation’s Moses (and God)

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If God spoke in a still, small voice, for my generation, it was the voice of Val Kilmer. The actor, who embodied Batman, Jim Morrison and Top Gun’s Iceman, died Tuesday at the age of 65. In the 1998 animated film The Prince of Egypt, he did double duty, voicing both God and Moses. (His role as Moses was advertised on the poster — his contribution as God went uncredited.) In many ways, Kilmer wasn’t the obvious choice. With his signature Cupid’s …

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Val Kilmer was the voice of my generation’s Moses (and God)

If God spoke in a still, small voice, for my generation, it was the voice of Val Kilmer. The actor, who embodied Batman, Jim Morrison and Top Gun’s Iceman, died Tuesday at the age of 65. In the 1998 animated film The Prince of Egypt, he did double duty, voicing both God and Moses. (His role as Moses was advertised on the poster — his contribution as God went uncredited.) In many ways, Kilmer wasn’t the obvious choice. With his signature Cupid’s …

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Val Kilmer, the Voice of Moses and God in 'The Prince of Egypt,' Has Died

Hollywood film star Val Kilmer passed away yesterday in Los Angeles after a bout of pneumonia. He was 65 years old. While Kilmer made a name for himself as Iceman in “Top Gun,” Jim Morrison in the 1991 biopic “The Doors” and the title superhero in the 1995 Batman movie, he’s remembered in the Jewish community for voicing Moses in the beloved 1998 animated movie “The Prince of Egypt.” Though Kilmer was not Jewish (despite an unsubstantiated claim…

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