In 2014, Rolling Stones' saxophone player Bobby Keys, who also performed on recordings with John Lennon and Eric Clapton, died after a lengthy illness at his home in Franklin, Tenn. He was 70.

[RELATED: On This Day in 1973, Kris Kristofferson Landed His First and Only Solo No. 1 on the Country Albums Chart] She was right, the pair said “I do” in August 1973. They released Full Moon the next ...

For Barbra Streisand, country music icon Kris Kristofferson was a true star. Streisand, who co-starred with Kristofferson in 1976's "A Star is Born," paid tribute to the acclaimed singer-songwriter, ...

ANNOUNCER: Song writer, poet, superstar, icon. ROSANNE: When his songs got out and people saw who he was and what he was writing, it was like a depth charge for songwriters in Nashville. EMMYLOU: No ...

Kris Kristofferson: Life & Songs is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, ...

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Johnny Cash hosted several Christmas specials during the height of his career. In keeping with the spirit of the holiday, he always invited friends along to celebrate with him. In 1978, Cash moved the ...

In 2008, Kris Kristofferson became a local hero in response to the month-long Lightning Complex fires that converged that summer on Mendocino County. A coastal property owner, the legendary singer and ...

A hard-drinking singer-songwriter with an outlaw spirit, Kris Kristofferson transformed the country music scene in the 1970s by bringing lyrical sophistication, and a "rarely heard candour and depth", ...

Kris Kristofferson, known both as a country music singer-songwriter and a film star, died on September 28 at his home in Maui, Hawaii. The cause of his death has not been disclosed. He was 88. As a ...

Kristofferson, who died Sept. 28, was a Rhodes Scholar and an Army Ranger before taking a chance at songwriting. "Me and Bobby McGee" is perhaps his most famous song. Originally broadcast in 1999.