Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar who became a superstar songwriter, singer and actor, has died.
Kris Kristofferson, a country music legend and actor, has died. His family told The Associated Press Sunday that he died at his home in Hawaii on Saturday. He was 88. No cause was given.Kristofferson had a decades-long career in music, from which he quietly retired in 2020.He wove intricate folk music lyrics about loneliness and tender romance into popular country music.
" Kristofferson was a singer himself, but many of his songs were best known as performed by others, whether Ray Price crooning "For the Good Times" or Janis Joplin belting out "Me and Bobby McGee."In 1985, the country star joined Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings to form the group The Highway Men. He is also a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and won the Johnny Mercer Award from the Songwriter Hall of Fame.
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