{"id":108734,"date":"2024-09-30T14:06:47","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T07:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108734"},"modified":"2024-09-30T14:06:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T07:06:47","slug":"kris-kristofferson-death-country-music-legend-and-blade-star-dies-aged-88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108734","title":{"rendered":"Kris Kristofferson death: Country music legend and Blade star dies, aged 88"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"main\">\n<div data-testid=\"nsc-wrapper-support-us\">\n<div class=\"sc-16ay7ps-0 hAqRAM\">\n<div class=\"sc-16ay7ps-1 jbZASd\">\n<div class=\"sc-16ay7ps-14 bFnbmL\">\n<h3 data-testid=\"support-nsc-title\" class=\"sc-16ay7ps-2 horJcb\">Your support helps us to tell the story<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><amp-accordion animate=\"\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-container\" i-amphtml-layout=\"container\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"sc-16ay7ps-18 bfRLhE\">\n<h4 class=\"sc-16ay7ps-3 bOpeIR\"><button class=\"sc-16ay7ps-4 jyAPhF closed-trigger\" data-testid=\"support-nsc-dropdown\"><span class=\"sc-16ay7ps-8 kDWcOx\"><span class=\"sc-16ay7ps-7 fiytbn\">Find out more<\/span><svg class=\"sc-eaj12q-0 bNRJWU sc-culv3z-0 jIhHch sc-16ay7ps-5 jJxovk\"><use href=\"#d5d9764c65d2cfa2\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><button class=\"sc-16ay7ps-4 jyAPhF open-trigger\" data-testid=\"support-nsc-dropdown\"><span class=\"sc-16ay7ps-8 kDWcOx\"><span class=\"sc-16ay7ps-7 fiytbn\">Close<\/span><svg class=\"sc-eaj12q-0 bNRJWU sc-culv3z-0 jIhHch sc-16ay7ps-5 sc-16ay7ps-6 jJxovk cOIZLt\"><use href=\"#d5d9764c65d2cfa2\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/h4>\n<div class=\"sc-16ay7ps-19 gdfHuZ\">\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"support-nsc-collapsed-content\" class=\"sc-16ay7ps-9 hYsSsu\">Our mission is to deliver unbiased, fact-based reporting that holds power to account and exposes the truth.<\/p>\n<p>Whether $5 or $50, every contribution counts.<\/p>\n<p><b>Support us to deliver journalism without an agenda.<\/b><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"support-nsc-author\" class=\"sc-16ay7ps-10 kOmKsa\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/support-us\/louise-thomas.png\" alt=\"Head shot of Louise Thomas\" class=\"sc-16ay7ps-13 jgqbGv\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/amp-accordion><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/grammy-award\">Grammy Award<\/a>-winning country artist and actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/kris-kristofferson\">Kris Kristofferson<\/a> has died at the age of 88, his family have confirmed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/news\/kris-kristofferson-death-barbra-streisand-dolly-parton-tributes-b2621045.html\">Tributes have poured in<\/a> after it was announced that the US entertainer, who starred in films including the Blade trilogy and Planet of the Apes, had died \u201cpeacefully\u201d at his home in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/maui\">Maui<\/a> on Saturday (28 September), surrounded by his family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt 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,\u201d Kristofferson\u2019s family said in a statement shared with US outlets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re 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\u2019s smiling down at us all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Starting in the late 1960s, the Brownsville, Texas native wrote such classics standards as \u201cSunday Mornin\u2019 Comin\u2019 Down,\u201d \u201cHelp Me Make it Through the Night,\u201d \u201cFor the Good Times\u201d and \u201cMe and Bobby McGee.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Kristofferson was a singer himself, but many of his songs were best known as performed by others, whether Ray Price crooning \u201cFor the Good Times\u201d or Janis Joplin belting out \u201cMe and Bobby McGee.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-482ou5-2 eOHevC image align-none\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1cbdeug-0 cpcmmN\">\n<div data-gallery-length=\"3\" class=\"sc-482ou5-0 ddliex\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2024\/09\/29\/23\/Obit_Kris_Kristofferson_95138.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2024\/09\/29\/23\/Obit_Kris_Kristofferson_95138.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2024\/09\/29\/23\/Obit_Kris_Kristofferson_95138.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kris Kristofferson, who starred in films including the Blade trilogy and Planet of the Apes, died at his home in Maui on Saturday, surrounded by his family\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ inline-gallery-btn\" on=\"tap:auto-image-gallery,inline-image-carousel.goToSlide(index=1)\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" data-gallery-length=\"3\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 hiCdLa liXvvg\">Kris Kristofferson, who starred in films including the Blade trilogy and Planet of the Apes, died at his home in Maui on Saturday, surrounded by his family<span class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 izyooE\"> <!-- -->(<!-- -->Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.<!-- -->)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>With his long hair and bell-bottomed slacks and counterculture songs influenced by Bob Dylan, he represented a new breed of country songwriters along with such peers as Willie Nelson, John Prine and Tom T Hall.<\/p>\n<p>He was well respected within the industry, with Nelson himself declaring at an event in 2009: \u201cThere\u2019s no better songwriter alive than Kris Kristofferson. Everything he writes is a standard and we\u2019re all just going to have to live with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kristofferson was the recipient of many awards, including four Grammys. He won Best Country Song in 1971 for \u201cHelp Me Make It Through The Night,\u201d and Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group twice with Rita Coolidge, who he was briefly married to, in 1973 and 1975 respectively.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-118zqaw-0 ldfJRX\">\n<div class=\"sc-118zqaw-7 bgwgEk\">\n<div class=\"sc-118zqaw-3 rPGsX\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/mobile-stores\/Amazon_Music.png\" width=\"129\" height=\"36\" alt=\"Amazon Music logo\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-118zqaw-4 eXAVqJ\">\n<p class=\"sc-118zqaw-5 kDgYET\">Enjoy unlimited access to 70 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-118zqaw-6 bkKZsY\">Sign up now for a 30-day free trial<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"sc-1aus1tj-0 jQSWof sc-118zqaw-2 iFqstR\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/32gdyhr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sign up<svg class=\"sc-eaj12q-0 ixMGSo sc-culv3z-0 jIhHch sc-1aus1tj-1 DEqVK\"><use href=\"#baddbaa17d236bd5\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-118zqaw-1 iAVdGx\">\n<div class=\"sc-118zqaw-7 bgwgEk\">\n<div class=\"sc-118zqaw-3 rPGsX\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/mobile-stores\/Amazon_Music.png\" width=\"129\" height=\"36\" alt=\"Amazon Music logo\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-118zqaw-4 eXAVqJ\">\n<p class=\"sc-118zqaw-5 kDgYET\">Enjoy unlimited access to 70 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-118zqaw-6 bkKZsY\">Sign up now for a 30-day free trial<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"sc-1aus1tj-0 jQSWof sc-118zqaw-2 iFqstR\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/32gdyhr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sign up<svg class=\"sc-eaj12q-0 ixMGSo sc-culv3z-0 jIhHch sc-1aus1tj-1 DEqVK\"><use href=\"#baddbaa17d236bd5\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 2014 he was also awarded Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for his longstanding contributions to the music industry.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-482ou5-2 eOHevC image align-none\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1cbdeug-0 cpcmmN\">\n<div data-gallery-length=\"3\" class=\"sc-482ou5-0 jsAwjn\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/11\/24\/16\/GettyImages-464794031.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/11\/24\/16\/GettyImages-464794031.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/11\/24\/16\/GettyImages-464794031.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kristofferson was the recipient of four Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, which he was awarded in 2014\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ inline-gallery-btn\" on=\"tap:auto-image-gallery,inline-image-carousel.goToSlide(index=2)\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" data-gallery-length=\"3\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 hiCdLa liXvvg\">Kristofferson was the recipient of four Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, which he was awarded in 2014<span class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 izyooE\"> <!-- -->(<!-- -->Getty Images<!-- -->)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>He retired from performing and recording in 2021, making only occasional guest appearances on stage.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from his wildly successful music career, Kristofferson was also a prolific Hollywood star, appearing on both the big and small screen with other A-list names.<\/p>\n<p>He starred opposite Ellen Burstyn in director Martin Scorsese\u2019s 1974 film <em>Alice Doesn\u2019t Live Here Anymore<\/em>, Barbra Streisand in the 1976 film <em>A Star Is Born<\/em>, and acted alongside Wesley Snipes in Marvel\u2019s <em>Blade<\/em> in 1998. He later reprised his role as Abraham Whistler in later films.<\/p>\n<p>In a 2006 interview with <em>The Associated Press<\/em>, Kristofferson revealed he owed his music career in large part to fellow legendary singer, Johnny Cash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShaking his hand when I was still in the Army backstage at the Grand Ole Opry was the moment I\u2019d decided I\u2019d come back,\u201d Kristofferson said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was electric. He kind of took me under his wing before he cut any of my songs. He cut my first record that was record of the year. 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