In 2006, the late Kris Kristofferson released an acclaimed new album, This Old Road, and spoke to writer Paul Sexton frankly ...

With his long hair and bell-bottomed slacks, he represented a new breed of country songwriters with his peers like Willie ...

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

Larger than life megastar Kris Kristofferson lived an amazingly full life including acting and performing with Barbra Streisand, having tall tales told about him by Johnny Cash and being described as ...

Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar with a deft writing style and rough charisma who became a country-music superstar and ...

Kris Kristofferson wrote songs for hundreds of other artists, including Me and Bobby McGee for Janis Joplin and Sunday ...

According to PBS, Kristofferson once said his songs came "from the soul," describing his songwriting talent as a gift.

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

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

The country singer and songwriter, who died on Saturday at 88, tucked enduring aphorisms into tales about facing up to loss.