Watch Kris Kristofferson give a very short speech after winning Song of the Year at the 1970 CMA Awards for "Sunday Morning ...

Kris Kristofferson is a well-known actor ... he won the Veteran of the Year Award because of his military service. After leaving the army, Kristoffer Kristofferson became a full-time singer ...

When that dream didn’t materialize, he joined the U.S. military ... résumé. Kris Kristofferson’s influence will endure for generations to come. He won multiple Grammy Awards for his songs ...

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 ...

Tributes have been paid to Kris Kristofferson, the award-winning country singer and ... He was assigned by the military to teach literature, which he said "sounded like hell".

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 ...

“There’s no better songwriter alive than Kris Kristofferson,” Nelson said during a November 2009 award ceremony for ... appointment to teach at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point ...