A Country Star And Actor Passed Away At 88
1. A Life on His Own Terms
Kris Kristofferson “left this world the way he lived in it: on his own terms,
” dying at home in Maui on September 28, surrounded by family.
He avoided fame even as it followed him.
2. Before the Music
Before stardom, he was a “Rhodes Scholar” and an “Army helicopter pilot,”
leaving a conventional path to pursue something uncertain in Nashville,
trading expectations for creative risk.
3. Changing American Music
He wrote classics like “Me and Bobby McGee” and “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down,”
helping spark the outlaw country movement. Alongside Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash,
and Waylon Jennings, he became a Highwayman in a “defiant brotherhood of misfits.”
4. Film and Farewell
Kristofferson also shined on screen, winning a Golden Globe for A Star Is Born.
His 2021 retirement felt like “a curtain call”; his death now feels like
“the last page of a book America still isn’t ready to close.”
