Kris Kristofferson, country music legend, dies at age 88

Kris Kristofferson passed away “peacefully at his home” in Maui, Hawaii on Saturday, September 28, Fox News Digital confirmed.

In addition to roles in the “Blade” trilogy and “Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid,” Kristofferson received a Golden Globe for best actor for his role in “A Star is Born.”

The country music legend was part of the Highwaymen along with Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash.

The supergroup revolutionized the outlaw country music genre in the 80s.

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Kris Kristofferson died at home in Hawaii on Saturday. He was 88. (Rick Kern/WireImage)

“It is with heavy hearts that we share the news that our husband/father/grandfather Kris Kristofferson passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, September 28th,” his family said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

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“We are all so blessed for our time with him. Thank you for loving him for all these many years, and when you see a rainbow, you know he’s smiling down on us all.”

Born Kristoffer Kristofferson on June 22, 1936, in Brownsville, Texas, Kristofferson “transformed the language of country music with extraordinary internal rhymes, Shakespearean iambic pentameter, and socially progressive themes that found the personal in the political,” his representative shared with.

Kristofferson helped form the country supergroup The Highwaymen. (Rick Diamond/Getty Images)

“He was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, a defensive back, a bartender, a Golden Gloves boxer, a Gandy dancer, a forest firefighter, a road crew member and an Army Ranger who flew helicopters.”

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In addition to writing and performing hits, Kristofferson achieved sex symbol status in the 1970s and began a side career as an actor in 1971.

He also appeared in the films “Semi-Tough,” “Songwriter,” “Lone Star,” and “The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea.”

Kristofferson turned to acting in the '70s and won a Golden Globe for his role in “A Star Is Born.” (Bettman/Getty Images)

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Kristofferson is survived by his wife, Lisa; eight children, Tracy, Kris Jr., Casey, Jesse, Jody, John, Kelly and Blake; and seven grandchildren.