Dying Val Kilmer Heals Rift With Brother

Val Kilmer can barely speak without croaking and drooling — but, in his final days, he’s swallowed his pride to make amends with his estranged brother!

Although he’s refused to acknowledge the throat cancer that’s killing him, the “Top Gun” tough guy, who celebrated his 58th — and likely his last — birthday Dec. 31, let bygones be bygones with sibling Mark Kilmer (left) after decades of arguments over their differing beliefs.

Val, a devout Christian Scientist, has used prayer instead of medicine to treat his disease, despite needing a tracheal tube to breathe in 2015. In November he was spotted being wheeled through LAX Airport with his face completely covered. Meanwhile, Mark, a clinical psychologist, has been forced to sit back and watch him suffer!

“Mark is a well-regarded psychologist, so he doesn’t see eye-to-eye with Val’s Christian Science beliefs,” a family source exclusively told The National ENQUIRER. “It has caused a rift between them in the past, but now they’re finally getting closer again.”

The Kilmer insider added Mark must respect the reclusive Val’s choices of treatment, even if he “doesn’t agree with them.” The two no longer discuss their religious disagreement with Val’s death looming “because their relationship wasn’t great for years,” revealed our source. “They’ve finally got things back on track just as Val is fading.”

Val, whose weight plummeted to 89 pounds a year ago, also faces a declining bank account — which led him to sell memorabilia and signed photos through his personal website to survive! “He’s a strong character,” added our insider, “but sadly it doesn’t seem like he’s got a lot of fight left in him.”