Kris Kristoffersoncountry music legend and Golden Globe winner for best actor, died this Saturday in 88 years at home in HawaiiThe family spokesperson reported this on Sunday.
The Texan artist He died peacefully surrounded by his family at his home in Maui (Hawaii), reported Ebie McFarland, the star’s spokesperson.
Kristofferson marked a milestone in country music and was part of the Highwaymenwho, with Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson And Johnny Cashin 1985 brought together the best country singers of the time.
Born Kristoffer Kristofferson in Brownsville, Texas, on June 22, 1936the musician “changed the language of country music” by playing socially progressive themes, his representative emphasized.
The artist marked a milestone in American music, according to the magazine rolling stone considered him as “one of the best composers of all time” By expanding his influence, he stretched country music beyond its limits.
He got closer to music while working in maintenance at Columbia Records, the studio where some of his most admired artists such as Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan recorded.
It was after leaving a promising career in the armywho brought him to Germany in the early 1960s, and who came from family influence.
He studied literature at the University of Oxfordknowledge that surely helped him compose his songs once he gave up military life.
Some songs that, after becoming famous in the late 60s, would have been performed by more than 450 artists within a decade, when they also made the big leap to the big screen.
And Kristofferson was not only a singer-songwriter, but he also marked an era in Hollywood, where He has participated in more than 70 filmsamong which is found a star is born from 1976, in which he shared the screen with Barbara Streisand and won him the Golden Globe for Best Actor.
He also participated in the saga Blade and in a series of important titles, although what really marked his life was music.
To his credit there are classics like Sunday morning, I arrive, Help me get through the night, For the good times And Me and Bobby McGee.
