SO LONG, KRIS KRISTOFFERSON

You were an exceptional songwriter, often singing your tunes to packed crowds in your inimitable, rough way. 

You were also a fine actor, and your vast and varied work proves it: Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid; Two for Texas; The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James; Outlaw Justice; Stagecoach 1986; Songwriter; Pair of Aces; Heaven's Gate; Hickok; Pharaoh's Army; The Last Rites of Ransom Pride; Sandino; Tad Lincoln (as Abe); Wooly Boys; Freedom Road; Miracle in the Wilderness; Chelsea Walls; Netforce; Vigilante Force; Welcome Home; The Jacket; Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore; Blum in Love; Payback; Flashpoint; Semi-Tough; A Star Is Born 1976; Eye See You; Deadfall; Amerika; Dreamer; Angels Sing; Christmas in Connecticut 1992; Blaze; Cisco Pike; Limbo; Power Blue; Bloodworth; Blood & Orchids; Convoy; Molokai; Rollover; Big Top Pee-wee; The Star; Dolphin Tale, Dolphin Tale 2; Joyful Noise; The Motel Life; 7 Minutes; The Joyriders; I'm Not There; Silver City; Millennium; Knights; the Blade trilogy; Planet of the Apes 2001; and the eerie and haunting, The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea.

In every way, you were a noble, Renaissance Man, Mr. Kristofferson, who gave more than he took, as expressive as Dylan, as resilient as Brando ... a legend destined to grow ever greater with age.