Kristofferson has been lauded as a legendary Renaissance man: an Army helicopter pilot, Rhodes scholar, Golden Gloves boxer, literature enthusiast, footballer, silver screen stud and one of the most prolific songwriters of our time.

Kris Kristofferson, who died Saturday at the age of 88, is being remembered by his "A Star is Born" co-star Barbra Streisand and other stars.

And in 1976, he melded his two worlds with Barbra Streisand’s “A Star is Born,” the second-highest grossing film of its year and a movie that spawned a real hit in the love theme “Evergreen.” After starring in Michael Cimino’s notorious box office bomb “Heaven’s Gate,