An epitaph provides the deceased one last opportunity to send a message out to the mortal world that describes who they are and what they stood for, so it’s unsurprising that prolific songwriter Kris ...

Kris Kristofferson might have written “Me and Bobby McGee” and even performed it himself, but Janis Joplin’s rendition is arguably the most well-known. Her tragic death in the fall of 1970 makes the ...

“What a great loss, what a great writer, what a great actor, what a great friend,” Parton wrote. “I will always love you.” Parton recorded Kristofferson’s “For the Good Times” in 1996, while the pair ...

Kris Kristofferson once told Creg Lovett at Houston Press: “I always feel like Houston is the place I play that’s closest to my favorite place on Earth.” His favorite place on earth was his hometown, ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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 ...

Reba McEntire says Kris Kristofferson was a gentleman, a kind soul, a lover of words. Barbra Streisand remembers her "A Star Is Born" co-star as special and charming. Singer, songwriter and actor Kris ...

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, ...

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 age 88.