Some notable entries in Mr. Kristofferson's cinematic resume include the 1976 version of A Star is Born, which co-starred Barbara Streisand, as well as the action-comedy Convoy and the sci-fi thriller Millennium. And that's all on top of continuing his work as a country singer, up until his retirement in 2001.

Country music legend and Hollywood star Kris Kristofferson has died aged 88, his family has announced. Kristofferson, a Grammy Award-winning country music legend and star of films such as Blade and Planet of the Apes, died at his home in Maui on Saturday, September 28, surrounded by his family.

Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar with a deft writing style and rough charisma who became a country music superstar and A-list Hollywood actor, has died.

Kris Kristofferson, the prolific and pioneering musician whose talents took him from Nashville to Hollywood and back again, has died. He was 88.Kristofferson died on Saturday at his home in Maui, Hawaii,

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