Kris Kristofferson Dies: Legendary Country Singer-Songwriter And ‘A Star Is Born’ Golden Globe Winner Was 88
Kris Kristofferson, a country singer-songwriter who revolutionized the genre and Golden Globe-winning actor who starred opposite Barbra Streisand in the 1976 A Star Is Born, has died at 88, surrounded by family in his home in Maui, Hawaii.
As a prolific country music artist, Kristofferson racked up 13 Grammy nominations throughout his career, with three wins including for Best Country Song for the ballad “Help Me Make It Through The Night” off of his 1970 album Kristofferson. In 1984, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song Score for Songwriter alongside Willie Nelson, with whom he also co-starred in the music drama. “Me and Bobby McGee,” which he penned in 1969 and which Roger Miller first recorded, was eventually performed as a cover by Janis Joplin, and its posthumous release in 1971 landed it atop the Billboard 100 chart.
Portraying John Norman Howard in the heart-wrenching 1976 romantic drama opposite Streisand’s Esther Hoffman led him to a Golden Globe win for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy the following year.