Kris Kristofferson, country music pioneer who thrilled audiences in ‘A Star Is Born,’ dead at 88
nypost.comVariety reported Sunday.Just one month before his death, the Golden Globe winner put his ranch on Northern California’s Mendocino Coast on the market for $17.2 million, per The Sacramento Bee.
He announced his retirement in a 2021 statement issued by his management, revealing that he had slowly stepped back from the spotlight.
Kristofferson was known for his chart-topping 1972 song “Why Me,” and “Me & Bobby McGee,” a hit recorded by Janis Joplin shortly before her 1970 death.Kristofferson once said his songs “come from (the) soul” and described his songwriting ability as a gift, according to PBS.
He was just as successful on the big screen.He played vampire hunter Abraham Whistler in the 1998 horror film “Blade” and the love interest of Ellen Burstyn’s character in the 1974 drama “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore,” directed by Martin Scorsese. “Blade” took off as a trilogy series, with the second installment premiering in 2002, and the third in 2004.
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