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Country music legend and A Star Is Born actor Kris Kristofferson dies

Kris Kristofferson, the country music legend and A Star Is Born actor, has died at the age of 88.

The singer-songwriter died peacefully at his home in Maui, Hawaii, on Saturday, family spokesperson Ebie McFarland said.

No cause of death was given.

Starting in the late 1960s, the Texas native wrote such classics standards as Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down, Help Me Make it Through the Night, For The Good Times and Me And Bobby McGee.

As an actor, he won the 1976 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor after his performance in romantic drama A Star Is Born opposite Barbra Streisand.

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