The leisure world has lost an icon.

Kris Kristofferson, a Grammy-winning nation song singer-songwriter and actor who appeared in films equivalent to Blade and the '70s model of A Significant particular person Is Born, has died. He used to be 88.

He handed away peacefully in his home in Maui, Hawaii Sept. 28, surrounded by family, they mentioned in a assertion got by E! News.

Kristofferson, a Texas native and former U.S. Army helicopter pilot, had begun recording song when he used to be a Rhodes student on the College of Oxford in the '50s and rose to fame as a singer-songwriter in the leisurely '60s.

He enjoyed success with his relish recorded singles equivalent to “Why Me” and his after which-wife Rita Coolidge's songs “From the Bottle to the Backside” and “Lover Please,” the latter two of which earned the pair Grammys for Most inspiring Nation Efficiency by a Duo or Community.

Kristofferson used to be additionally great for writing hit singles made great by other singers, equivalent to “Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down,” performed by Johnny Money—his bandmate in the '80s supergroup the Highwaymen—and “Me and Bobby McGee,” sung by then-lady friend Janis Joplin and launched in 1971, months after her loss of life at 27.

In actual fact, “creator” used to be the occupation listed on Kristofferson's passport, The New York Cases reported.

Kristofferson, who used to be inducted into the Nation Song Hall of Reputation in 2004, additionally starred in extra than 70 motion photos and other acting initiatives from till he announced his retirement in 2021.

He appeared opposite Barbra Streisand in the 1976 musical movie A Significant particular person Is Born—a remake of a 1937 flick on which the 2018 model starring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper is additionally basically basically based completely.

Kristofferson and Streisand, who earned Golden Globes for their performances, reunited just a few times over time, along side in 2019, when he joined the “Memory” singer onstage at a live efficiency in London's Hyde Park.

Kristofferson used to be additionally known for roles in the Blade movie trilogy in the '90s and early aughts, Pat Garrett and Billy the Small one, Alice Doesn't Are dwelling Right here Anymore, Heaven's Gate and Lone Significant particular person.

Kristofferson is survived by his wife of over 40 years, Lisa Kristofferson, their sons, Jesse, Jody, Johnny and Blake and daughter Kelly Marie, his and Coolidge's daughter Casey, son Kris and daughter Tracy from his previous marriage to Frances Beer, and 7 grandchildren.

“We’re all so blessed for our time with him,” they mentioned of their assertion. “Thank you for loving him all these a protracted time, and whereas you look a rainbow, know he’s smiling down at us all.”