Fox News: Kris Kristofferson, country music legend, dead at 88

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Kris Kristofferson, country music legend, dead at 88

Country music legend Kris Kristofferson, who also starred in hits including "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" and "A Star is Born," died at home in Maui at the age of 88.......                    ...                        ...Kris Kristofferson "passed away peacefully in his home" in Maui, Hawaii, on Saturday, Sept. 28, Fox News Digital confirmed. ......In addition to roles in the "Blade" trilogy and "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid," Kristofferson earned a You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login for best actor for his role in "A Star is Born."......The You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login legend was part of the Highwaymen with Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash. ......The supergroup revolutionized the outlaw country music genre in the '80s.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"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," his family said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"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."......Born Kristoffer Kristofferson in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login on June 22, 1936, Kristofferson "changed the language of country music, with extraordinary internal rhymes, Shakespearean iambic pentameter, and socially progressive subject matter that found the personal within the political," his representative shared. ......"He was a Rhodes Scholar in Oxford, a defensive back, a bartender, a Golden Gloves boxer, a gandy dancer, a forest firefighter, a road crew member, and an Army Ranger who flew helicopters."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......In addition to writing and performing hits, Kristofferson reached sex symbol status back in the 1970s, and in 1971, he began a side career as an actor.......He also went on to star in the films "Semi-Tough," "Songwriter," "Lone Star," and "The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea."......Kristofferson is survived by his wife, Lisa; eight children, Tracy, Kris Jr., Casey, Jesse, Jody, John, Kelly, and Blake; and seven grandchildren....

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