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 Sunday.
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 Sunday.
No cause of death was given in a statement issued by the
family of the artist, a Country Music Hall of Fame honoree and Grammy winner
known for writing hits like Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down and Me
and Bobby McGee.
Kristofferson performed solo for decades but also formed the
supergroup The Highwaymen in the mid-1980s with Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings
and Willie Nelson.
In film, the Golden Globe winner was also known for his
appearances as Whistler alongside Wesley Snipes in the vampire trilogy
Blade.
“It is with a heavy heart that we share the news our
husband/father/grandfather, Kris Kristofferson, passed away peacefully on
Saturday, 28 September, at home” In Hawaii, the family said in a statement
carried on his official Facebook page.
Born on 22 June, 1936, in Brownsville, Texas, Kristofferson
moved frequently as a child because his father was in the US military.
