However, he later declined a position as a teacher at the US Military Academy in West Point, New York, to concentrate on his songwriting career in Nashville. Kris Kristofferson is a well-known ...

More: Kris Kristofferson, legendary songwriting master, dead at 88 Kristofferson was born in 1936 in Brownsville, Texas into a military family that moved often. His family settled in California ...

Kristoffer Kristofferson was born on June 22, 1936, in Brownsville, Texas. He was raised in a family with Swedish, Swiss, and various other European heritage. Kris grew up as a military brat ...

Kris Kristofferson, who died Sunday at the age ... who mortified his family by abandoning a promising career in the military to starve for five years before he made it as a songwriter ...

Eric Church Reveals the Song That 'Saved My Life' and Thanks Kris Kristofferson As reported by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Kristofferson's parents urged him to enlist in the military ...

Willie Nelson is remembering his fellow Highwayman Kris Kristofferson. Nelson, who was a member of the outlaw country group The Highwaymen alongside Kristofferson, reflected on the country icon's ...

Kris Kristofferson started working as a janitor at Columbia Records after coming back from military service post-college. From there, he went on to become one of the most revered country icons of ...

Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Kris Kristofferson passed away late last month, and fans are still mourning the loss of the beloved musician and actor. As is usually ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar with ... England and turned down an appointment to teach at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, to pursue songwriting ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Reaction to the death of Kris Kristofferson. The singer-songwriter and actor died Saturday at his home in Hawaii surrounded by family at age 88. "The first time I saw Kris ...