Singer-songwriter and actor Kris Kristofferson dies aged 88
35 minutes agoSun 29 Sep 2024 at 11:35pm
Artist and songwriter Kris Kristofferson performing at the Nashville Songwriters Association International in 2017. (AP Photo: Laura Roberts/File)
US actor and singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson has died aged 88.
Family spokeswoman Ebie McFarland said in an email to the Associated Press that Kristofferson died peacefully, surrounded by family at his home in Maui, Hawaii.
Kristofferson, who was from Texas, was known for many songs including Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down, Help Me Make it Through the Night, For the Good Times and Me and Bobby McGee.
Kristofferson was a singer himself, but many of his songs were best known when performed by others, whether Ray Price crooning For the Good Times or Janis Joplin belting out Me and Bobby McGee.
He also starred opposite Ellen Burstyn in director Martin Scorsese's 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, starred opposite Barbra Streisand in the 1976 A Star Is Born, and acted alongside Wesley Snipes in Marvel's Blade in 1998.
Kristofferson and his third wife, Lisa, whom he married in 1983, lived on the Hawaiian island of Maui for more than 30 years.
He had eight children.
