United Kingdom, April 3 -- Cher will "miss" her "pain in the a**" ex-boyfriend Val Kilmer.

The 'Believer' hitmaker dated the 'Top Gun' star - who died from pneumonia on 1 April aged 65 after previously battling throat cancer - for a few years in the early 1980s and they remained friends afterwards, so following his death she has paid a touching tribute to the actor.

Cher wrote on X: "VALUS

"Will miss u,U Were Funny,crazy,pain in the a**,GREAT FRIEND,kids[purple heart emoji]U,

"BRILLIANT as Mark Twain, BRAVE here during ur sickness (sic)"

The 78-year-old star previously explained she and Val had developed nicknames for one another so they wouldn't have to "yell" out each other's real names.

She told People magazine in 2020: "He never...