{"id":118520,"date":"2024-09-30T00:01:17","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T00:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/09\/30\/kris-kristofferson-legendary-songwriter-actor-and-singer-dead-at-88\/"},"modified":"2024-09-30T00:01:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T00:01:17","slug":"kris-kristofferson-legendary-songwriter-actor-and-singer-dead-at-88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/09\/30\/kris-kristofferson-legendary-songwriter-actor-and-singer-dead-at-88\/","title":{"rendered":"Kris Kristofferson, legendary songwriter, actor and singer, dead at 88"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-09-29\/Getty_KrisKristofferson_092920.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Bettman\/Contributor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Kris Kristofferson<\/strong>, the singer, songwriter and actor whose songs were among the most admired, not just in country, but music in general, has died, according to a post on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kriskristofferson\/posts\/pfbid0Pkup6xqU1r88NZvuoVgcg7UGRq1rYbTH7ci6pyFM73H4hmVH7i9mnwAVRdxy6oHTl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official Facebook<\/a>. He was 88.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h\" dir=\"auto\">\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,&#8221; read the message. &#8220;We\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<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h\" dir=\"auto\">Kristofferson&#8217;s resume was eclectic: Rhodes scholar, U.S. Army veteran, pilot, Golden Gloves boxer and award-winning actor. But it was his famous songs &#8212; including &#8220;Me and Bobby McGee,&#8221; &#8220;Sunday Mornin&#8217; Comin&#8217; Down&#8221; and &#8220;Help Me Make It Through the Night&#8221; &#8212; which made him a music legend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h\" dir=\"auto\">This is a developing story. Check back for updates&#8230;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bettman\/Contributor Kris Kristofferson, the singer, songwriter and actor whose songs were among the most admired, not just in country, but music in general, has died, according to a post on his official Facebook. He was 88. \u201cIt is with a heavy heart that we share the news our husband\/father\/grandfather, Kris<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/09\/30\/kris-kristofferson-legendary-songwriter-actor-and-singer-dead-at-88\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425,430,452,455],"tags":[701,702,227,527,700,490,528,276,703,648],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118520"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118520\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}