Leonard Cohen's 'Chelsea Hotel No.2' would never have been written if it wasn't for Kris Kristofferson, bringing Cohen and Janis Joplin together.

Kris Kristofferson’s songs couched intimate moments in cosmic terms, pushing country in an existentialist direction.

We examined the story and meaning of 'Me and Bobby McGee.' Here's what we also learned about Janis Joplin and Kris Kristofferson's relationship.

The country singer and actor has died at 88. His hard-won political commitments were fundamental to his closely observed, ...

Kristofferson memorably comforted the younger artist after she was booed and heckled following her protest on ‘Saturday Night ...

A music star who became a movie star, Kristofferson was a Rhodes Scholar, a U.S. Army helicopter pilot and one of the finest ...

Music legend Kris Kristofferson who is remembered as an artist, singer, songwriter, actor and activist, passed away ...

Kris Kristofferson, an Oxford-educated Rhodes Scholar and Army veteran who wrote hit songs for Janis Joplin and Johnny Cash ...

Legendary country singer/songwriter Kris Kristofferson, who wrote classic songs like "Me and Bobby McGee" and "Sunday Morning ...

THE trappings of fame never sat comfortably with Kris Kristofferson. The country singer and Hollywood actor, who died at the ...

The multihyphenate talent, whose career stretched back to the late '60s, died Saturday at his home in Maui, Hawaii ...

The actor and musician, who died on Saturday at age 88, made two career pivots before finding his stride in entertainment.