Kris Kristofferson, the country music legend and A Star Is Born actor, has died at the age of 88.
The singer-songwriter died peacefully at his home in Maui, Hawaii, on Saturday, family spokesperson Ebie McFarland said.
No cause of death was given.
The Texas native was a singer himself, but many of his songs were best known as performed by others, including Ray Price’s For the Good Times or Janis Joplin’s Me And Bobby McGee.
Pic: AP
Fellow American country singer Willie Nelson said there was “no better songwriter alive” when talking about Kristofferson during a 2009 award ceremony.
“Everything he writes is a standard and we’re all just going to have to live with that,” Nelson said.
Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson at a preview of A Star is Born in 1976. Pic: AP
The pair together again at the Grammy Awards in 2011. Pic: AP
As an actor, he won the 1976 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor after his performance in romantic drama A Star Is Born opposite Barbra Streisand.
He also appeared opposite Ellen Burstyn in Martin Scorsese’s 1974 film Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.
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