Singer-Songwriter Kris Kristofferson Dies, Aged 88
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Singer-songwriter and actor Kris Kristofferson has passed away at age 88, surrounded by his family at his Maui home.
Kris Kristofferson, singer-songwriter, country star, and Hollywood actor, has passed away, confirmed by his family spokesperson Ebie McFarland. He was 88.
According to McFarland, Kristofferson died at his home in Maui, Hawaii, on Saturday. He died peacefully, surrounded by his family. No official cause of death was provided.
The Brownsville, Texas native started writing music in the late 1960s, penning such standards as “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down,” “For the Good Times,” “Help Me Make It Through the Night,” and “Me and Bobby McGee.” While he was a singer himself, many of his songs are better known as performed by others, like Janis Joplin’s version of “Me and Bobby McGee,” and Ray Price’s cover of “For the Good Times.”
“There’s no better songwriter alive than Kris Kristofferson,” said Willie Nelson at a 2009 BMI award ceremony for Kristofferson. “Everything he writes is a standard and we’re all just going to have to live with that.”
Kristofferson also enjoyed a successful acting career, starring in films like Martin Scorsese’s 1974 film “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore,” opposite Barbra Streisand in “A Star Is Born” in 1976, and alongside Wesley Snipes in Marvel’s 1998 vampire flick “Blade.”
In 1973, he married songwriter Rita Coolidge, and the two enjoyed a successful duet career that earned them a pair of Grammy awards before they divorced in 1980.
In the mid-1980s, Kristofferson created the country supergroup The Highwaymen alongside Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, and Waylon Jennings. The group released three albums between 1985 and 1995. Jennings died in 2002, while Cash passed away a year later.
Though he retired from performing and recording in 2021, Kristofferson made occasional guest appearances on stage, such as a performance with Johnny Cash’s daughter Rosanne at Willie Nelson’s 90th birthday celebration in 2023.
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