Kristofferson leaned into the outlaw identity in the 1970s, and in the process, helped Willie Nelson build Austin as an ...

Watch Kris Kristofferson's final performances, 'Loving Her Was Easier' and 'Help Me Make It Through the Night,' at Willie Nelson's birthday concerts.

Take a look back at Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, and other artists who helped shape the Outlaw Country Movement.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar with a deft writing style and rough charisma who became a country ...