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Kris Kristofferson

Born: 22 June 1936 (89 years old)
Gender: Male

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Kris Kristofferson's father was an Air Force general who pushed his son to a military career. Kris was a Golden Gloves boxer and went to Pomona College in California.

From there, he earned a Rhodes scholarship to study literature at Oxford. He ultimately joined the army and achieved the rank of captain. He became a helicopter pilot, which served him well later.

In 1965 he resigned his commission to pursue songwriting.

He had just been assigned to become a teacher at West Point and got a job sweeping floors in Nashville studios. There he met Johnny Cash, who initially took some of his songs but ignored them. He was also working as a commercial 'copter pilot at the time.

He got Cash's attention when he landed his helicopter in Cash's yard and gave him some more tapes. Cash then recorded Kristofferson's "Sunday Morning Coming Down", which went was voted 1970's Song Of The Year by the Country Music Association.

Kris was noted for his heavy boozing. He lost his helicopter pilot job when he passed out at the controls, and his drinking ruined his marriage to singer Rita Coolidge, when he was reaching a bottle and half of Jack Daniels daily.

He gave up alcohol in 1976. His acting career nose-dived after making Heaven's Gate (1980) in 1980.

In recent years he has made a comeback with his musical and acting careers. He does say that he prefers his music, but says his children are his true legacy.


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