Kris Kristofferson lived an amazingly full life having tall tales told about him by Johnny Cash and being described as the best songwriter alive by Willie Nelson.

Legends have been paying tribute to the award-winning icon

LOS ANGELES (Sept 30): US singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson, a country music legend who notably hit the silver screen opposite Barbra Streisand in A Star is Born, has died at the age of 88, his family announced yesterday. No cause of death was given in a statement issued by the family of the a

No cause of death was given in a statement issued by the family of the singer-songwriter

Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar who rose to fame as a country music superstar and Hollywood actor, has died at 88. Kristofferson passed away peacefully at his home in Maui, Hawaii, on Saturday,…

Larger than life megastar Kris Kristofferson lifed an amazingly full life including acting and performing with Barbra Streisand, having tall tales told about him by Johnny Cash and being described as the best songwriter alive by Willie Nelson

MAUI - Kris Kristofferson, the actor, musician and long-haired activist who embodied the countercultural spirit of postwar America, died at his home in Maui, Hawaii, on Saturday, a representative confirmed. He was 88. Born in Brownsville, Texas, Kristofferson played high school football in San Mateo, California, and ended up at Pomona College before he headed to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, according to his biography. He returned, joined the Army, where he is said to have flown helicopters, and was tapped by a superior to teach English at West Point, but instead he turned to songwriting. Kristofferson is survived by his wife, Lisa; eight children and seven grandchildren.