Kris Kristofferson, singer-songwriter and actor, dies at 88

[screw_reality]

Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar with a deft writing style and rough charisma who became a country music superstar and A-list Hollywood actor, has died. https://t.co/0PVFo4AJx7
- CBS News (@CBSNews) September 29, 2024
Rhodes scholar, actor, and country musician Kris Kristofferson has died at the age of 88

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[jontargaryen]

Kris Kristofferson on losing work for supporting Palestine: “if that’s the way it has to be, that’s the way it has to be” pic.twitter.com/fHlyZimhXU
- noah kulwin (@nkulw) September 30, 2024

RIP. Obviously, it was never common to be both a leftist/socialist and a country singer, but it is startling to think of how right wing the genre became in the decades after his rise. His career would've been impossible in mainstream country in the 2000s.

[sonja_76]

I remember when people in Vienna started yelling 'Sandinista' during a concert of his and he said something along the lines of probably getting killed if he would sing that in the US, but if everyone in the room agreed, he'd play it (which he did).

This was a man who never let anyone sway him from his convictions. Even Johnny Cash mentioned in the foreword to his autobiography how often and how long he tried to convert Kris Kristofferson to his beliefs, with absolutely no success.

[callonme_84]

What were Johnny’s beliefs? What does that mean?

[lone_concertina]

Johnny was really religious, in spite of his public failings with drink, drugs, and women.

[callonme_84]

Oooh I always that he was like a hippie , but cowboy- never followed him.