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Kristoffer Kristofferson (June 22, 1936 – September 28, 2024) was an American country music singer, songwriter, and actor. He was a pioneering figure in the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, moving away from the polished Nashville sound and toward a more raw, introspective style.
6 days ago · Updated 30 September 2024. Tributes have been paid to Kris Kristofferson, the award-winning country singer and actor following his death at the age of 88. Dolly Parton wrote, external: "What a...
6 days ago · Kris Kristofferson, the singer and songwriter whose literary yet plain-spoken compositions infused country music with rarely heard candor and depth, and who later had a successful second career...
6 days ago · Kris Kristofferson, who wrote indelible songs about lovers, loners, boozers and a footloose pair of hitchhikers — and who later became a screen star, appearing in dozens of films — has died at...
6 days ago · LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar with a deft writing style and rough charisma who became a country music superstar and an A-list Hollywood actor, has died. Kristofferson died at his home on Maui, Hawaii, on Saturday, family spokeswoman Ebie McFarland said in an email.
Sep 29, 2024 · Kris Kristofferson, Songwriter Whose Poetic Lyrics Transcended Genre, Dead at 88. The country singer, actor, Rhodes scholar, soldier, and heartthrob epitomized the American Renaissance man. By...
6 days ago · Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar with a deft writing style and rough charisma who became a country music superstar and A-list Hollywood actor, has died. Kristofferson died at his home in...
5 days ago · Kris Kristofferson was a Grammy-winning country musician and award-winning actor from ‘A Star Is Born.’ Read about his songs, movies, wife, children, and more.
Kris Kristofferson’s life is unprecedented, and won’t be replicated. Born Kristoffer Kristofferson in the border town of Brownsville, Texas on June 22, 1936, Kristofferson changed the language of country music.
Born Kristoffer Kristofferson in the border town of Brownsville, Texas on June 22, 1936, Kristofferson changed the language of country music, with extraordinary internal rhymes, Shakespearean iambic pentameter, and socially progressive subject matters that found the personal within the political.
