Kris Kristofferson, celebrated musician, actor, activist, dead at age 88

Kris Kristofferson, known for his lyrical poetic songwriting of specified melodies arsenic “Help Me Make It Through the Night,” “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down” and “Me and Bobby McGee,” has died astatine property 88.

“Kris Kristofferson passed distant peacefully successful his location successful Maui, Hawaii Saturday, September 28, surrounded by family,” his rep told the Daily News successful an email connected Sunday.

His storied vocation spanned overmuch much than music, arsenic his rep, Ebie McFarland, noted.

“He was a Rhodes Scholar successful Oxford, a antiaircraft back, a bartender, a Golden Gloves boxer, a gandy dancer, a wood firefighter, a roadworthy unit member, and an Army Ranger who flew helicopters,” the connection said. “He was a peacenik, a revolutionary, an actor, a superstar, a enactment symbol, and a household man. He was commissioned to thatch English astatine West Point, though helium gave that up to go a Nashville songwriting bum.”