The country singer and songwriter, who died on Saturday at 88, tucked enduring aphorisms into tales about facing up to loss. By Jon Pareles Kris Kristofferson, who was 88 when he died on Saturday, ...

“Larry Gatlin sang “Help Me’ and it really moved me,” remembered Kristofferson of what he remembred from the service. “Then everybody was kneeling down and praying, and Jimmie Snow said something ...

He disliked being called a poet and thought, more or less accurately, that he sang like a barking bullfrog, but Kris Kristofferson did more to change country music than a legion of golden-throated ...

As far as country songwriters go — or songwriters of any genre — Kris Kristofferson was among the most authentic. That’s a word that Nashville loves to freely toss around, but in the case of the Texas ...