Monday, September 30, 2024 (11:57)
Kris Kristofferson, one of the most famous American composers and singers, as well as a popular film actor, died on Saturday at the age of 88 at his home on the Hawaiian island of Maui – family spokeswoman Ebie McFarland announced on Sunday.
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She did not provide the cause of death. As Reuters writes, it is known that after turning 70, Kristofferson struggled with memory loss.
Kristofferson was a legendary composer, lyricist and performer of folk and country music.
His works include, among others: such songs as “Help Me Make It Through the Night”, which won a Grammy Award, “For these Good Times” and “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down”. He was also the author of the biggest hit of his then friend Jsnis Joplin, “Me and Bobby McGee”.
In 1985, he joined fellow country music artists Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash to form the supergroup The Highwaymen.
Kristofferson was also a famous and popular actor. He appeared, among others: in such films as “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” from 1974, directed by Martin Scorsese, in which he partnered with Ellen Burstyn, in “A Star Is Born” from 1976 with Barbra Streisand and “Convoy” from 1978, directed Sam Peckinpah, in which he played the role of a rebellious truck driver escaping from the local sheriff.
