Kris Kristofferson, country music star and 'A Star is Born' actor, dies at 88
Kris Kristofferson, the actor, musician and long-haired activist who embodied the countercultural spirit of postwar America, died at his home in Maui, Hawaii, on Saturday, a representative confirmed.
Kris Kristofferson, the actor, musician and long-haired activist who embodied the countercultural spirit of postwar America, died at his home in Maui, Hawaii, on Saturday, a representative confirmed.
He was 88.
"It is with a heavy heart that we share the news our husband/father/grandfather, Kris Kristofferson, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 28 at home," said a family statement shared by spokesperson Ebie McFarland. "We’re all so blessed for our time with him. Thank you for loving him all these many years, and when you see a rainbow, know he’s smiling down at us all."
The cause of death was not available.
Kris Kristofferson performs on the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival in 2017.Awais Butt / Camera Press/ReduxBorn in Brownsville, Texas, Kristofferson played high school football in San Mateo, California, and ended up at Pomona College in eastern Los Angeles County before he headed to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, according to his biography.
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