Posted on 09/29/2024 4:31:04 PM PDT by Morgana
Kris Kristofferson, an accomplished singer and songwriter who starred in A Star Is Born, has died at the age of 88.
The multitalented entertainer, who was a country singer-songwriter and actor, died Saturday at his Maui, Hawaii home, his rep told People.
The Why Me artist 'peacefully' passed away surrounded by relatives, his rep told the outlet.
'It is with a heavy heart that we share the news our husband/father/grandfather, Kris Kristofferson, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 28 at home,' his family said in a statement, the outlet reported. 'We're all so blessed for our time with him.
'Thank you for loving him all these many years, and when you see a rainbow, know he's smiling down at us all.'
Among his numerous acting achievements, Kristofferson played the role of troubled rocker John Norman Howard in the 1976 A Star Is Born remake opposite Barbra Streisand. He won the Golden Globe in 1977 for his work in the film.
Kristofferson's other major acting endeavors include a turn as the character Whistler in the Wesley Snipes action films Blade (1998), Blade II (2002) and Blade: Trilogy (2004).
He also starred opposite Ellen Burstyn in director Martin Scorsese's 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore.
Kristofferson was a Rhodes scholar with a deft writing style and rough charisma who became a country music superstar and A-list Hollywood actor, has died.
Starting in the late 1960s, the Brownsville, Texas native wrote such classics standards as Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down, Help Me Make it Through the Night, For the Good Times and Me and Bobby McGee.
Kristofferson was a singer himself, but many of his songs were best known as performed by others, whether Ray Price crooning For the Good Times or Janis Joplin belting out Me and Bobby McGee.
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What an unbelievable talent. Very sad. No idea and don’t care what his politics were.
He literally could’ve done anything in life. Military, academics, musician, writer, actor etc.
He chose music because that’s where the girls were. :)
R.I.P. Thank you for the music.
I didn’t know he was that old. RIP, KK
As far as his filmography goes, I far prefer to remember him co-starring with James Coburn in Sam Peckinpah’s Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. Great film.
That's because yesterday was the 25th of Elul on the Jewish calendar (Creation Day One, which began on Friday evening). A big topic of discussion especially over these past few months in the Jewish end-of-days-themed blogs, has been the anticipation of a star appearing (born) on that date. Tied to the coming of the Messiah,
"Kochav Yaakov" in reference to the star in the Zohar and Bilaam's parables:
Numbers 24:17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
Bunch of stuff all thrown together here about it.
After spending a day walking through one of our synagogue’s cemeteries, a congregant came back to me with an observation: Why, she asked, does every gravestone include the date of the loved one’s death, but a great many stones do not include the date of birth?
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When space is limited, many choose to omit the birthdate and just include the date of death.
But, if one visits some of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in Europe, and most of the cemeteries in Israel, it’s clear that limited space on the stone is not the driving factor.
The reality is that, for most of Jewish history, the date a person was born was significantly less important than the date one died. The celebration of birthdays was historically not such a significant day in people’s lives as it is today.
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A well-known passage from our rabbinical literature sharply draws the distinction in importance between one’s birthday and day of death, using the analogy of two ships: Two ships were once seen near land. One of them was leaving the harbor, and the other was coming into it. Everyone was cheering the outgoing ship, giving it a hearty send-off. But, the incoming ship was scarcely noticed.
A wise man standing nearby commented on the people’s reaction. “Rejoice not,” he said, “over the ship that is setting out to sea, for you know not what destiny awaits it. Rejoice rather over the ship that has reached port safely and brought back all its passengers in peace.”
Hebrew movie title:
כוכב נולד
Kochav nolad ("a star is born")
= 138, which is a rather Messianic number, even linked in with Chanukah.
Timing, as I've got a time stamp from 23 hours ago (KK's death not having been announced yet) for another reason entirely (Lebanon, meaning "white" = 138, and Beirut means wells and is a play on b'Rut, "in Ruth"), with a link to that page.
Release dates
December 18, 1976 (Mann Village Theater)
December 19, 1976 (United States)
Timing:
Sunday, December 19, 1976 (beginning sundown Dec 18th)
27 Kislev, 5737
Chanukah Day 3 27 Kislev, 5737
Another Tinseltown legend goes into the great beyond.
I should have included in the earlier post re the 25 Elul death date and “A Star is Born” (that phrase appearing in the news all of a sudden) that this star in Corona Borealis has been running in the news much more this past week, especially as the September prediction [as well as visibility] window is fast closing:
What’s Going On With The ‘Blaze Star’ — The Star That Won’t Explode (Sep 26, 2024):
Explosive ‘Blaze Star’ could finally be on brink of eruption — once-in-a-lifetime event will be visible from Earth (Sep 27, 2024):
A ‘new star’ was expected to appear this month: Where is it? (Sep 28, 2024):
Translated from Italian, from the 9/27 update (new one at the link today):
Magnitude of the recurrent nova about to shine, updated daily (updated to September 27)
The time window considered most likely is closing without any real hint of outburst. This Log, from now on, will be updated every 2-3 days...
https://aliveuniverse.today/rubriche/neo-log/8936-luminosita-di-t-coronae-borealis/
Payback with Mel Gibson.
Making the Outlaws a trio
The beautiful, short-lived relationship between Janis Joplin and Kris Kristofferson
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/janis-joplin-and-kris-kristofferson-relationship/
Kris Kristofferson first met Janis Joplin through their mutual friend and folk singer Bobby Neuwirth in the spring of 1970. At the suggestion of Neuwirth, after they played a show together in New York, Kristofferson accompanied him on a flight to Larkspur, California, to the home of Janis Joplin. What was intended to be a short trip ended up lasting several weeks, and whilst staying at her residence, Kristofferson and Joplin became increasingly drawn to each other.
The Vietnam Blues--Jack Sanders (1965)
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