Kris Kristofferson, who has died aged 88 ... When he came up with the idea for the song, Kristofferson was working as a helicopter pilot (which meant he could chopper in and hand-deliver songs ...

Let’s say that, in January of 1972, you had never heard a note of Kris Kristofferson’s music. You didn’t know the former helicopter pilot and Rhodes scholar had written “Me and Bobby McGee ...

Kris Kristofferson was a retired American singer ... he joined the US Army and became a second lieutenant. He then became a helicopter pilot, completed Ranger School, and was stationed in West ...

Kris Kristofferson, who wrote indelible songs about lovers ... And I got to be a Ranger, and a paratrooper, and a helicopter pilot, you know, and a boxer, and a lot of things that I don't think I was ...

Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar with ... a former U.S. Army pilot, landed a helicopter on Cash’s lawn to give him a tape of “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down” with a beer in one hand.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kris Kristofferson ... a former U.S. Army pilot, landed a helicopter on Cash’s lawn to give him a tape of “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down” with a beer in one hand.

Kris Kristofferson ... At times, the legend of Kristofferson was larger than real life. Cash liked to tell a mostly exaggerated story of how Kristofferson landed a helicopter on Cash’s lawn ...