Kris Kristofferson: Country music legend and A Star Is Born actor dies aged 88

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Kris Kristofferson: Country music legend and A Star Is Born actor dies aged 88
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Kris Kristofferson, a US country music legend and A Star Is Born actor, has died aged 88, with Barbra Streisand paying tribute.

Kris Kristofferson’s music and acting career spanned six decades Kris Kristofferson, a country music legend and A Star Is Born actor, has died aged 88. Kristofferson became a leading figure in country music winning the Grammy for best country song in 1972 for Help Me Make It Through the Night, as well as two Grammy-winning duets with his former wife Rita Coolidge in 1974 and 1976.

I am so glad I got to meet him and be around him,’ she added. Kristofferson performed in many films including No Place To Hide LeAnn Rimes also described him as ‘an epic human with the biggest heart’ on her Instagram story. In 2004, Kristofferson was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. The chief executive for the Country Music Hall of Fame, Kyle Young, wrote on X: ‘Kris Kristofferson believed creativity is God-given, and those who ignore such a gift are doomed to unhappiness.

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