{"id":128862,"date":"2024-10-03T00:11:31","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T00:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/03\/kris-kristofferson-chose-epitaph-years-before-his-death\/"},"modified":"2024-10-03T00:11:31","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T00:11:31","slug":"kris-kristofferson-chose-epitaph-years-before-his-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/03\/kris-kristofferson-chose-epitaph-years-before-his-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Kris Kristofferson chose epitaph years before his death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2024-10-03\" datetime=\"1727914291\" pubdate=\"\">3 October 2024<\/time>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/kris-kristofferson\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,kris-kristofferson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kris Kristofferson<\/a> chose his epitaph years before his death.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Kris Kristofferson chose his epitaph years before his death<\/p>\n<p>The country icon died aged 88 at his home in Miami on Saturday (28.09.24), and an interview in which late musician <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/leonard-cohen\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,leonard-cohen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leonard Cohen<\/a> revealed how Kris told him he wanted his lyrics on his tombstone has now resurfaced in the wake of his passing.<\/p>\n<p>Leonard \u2013 who died aged 82 in 2016 \u2013 told an interviewer: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/kris-kristofferson\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,kris-kristofferson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kris Kristofferson<\/a> informed me that I had stolen part of the melody for (\u2018Bird on a Wire\u2019) from another Nashville writer. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe also said that he\u2019s putting the first couple of lines on his tombstone \u2013 and I\u2019ll be hurt if he doesn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The first few lines of Leonard\u2019s song go: \u201cLike a bird on the wire, Like a drunk in a midnight choir, I have tried in my way to be free.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nLeonard is said to have played \u2018Bird on a Wire\u2019 more than any other song in his back catalogue, frequently opening his concerts with the anthem. <\/p>\n<p>\nHe said about the track\u2019s spiritual impact on him: \u201cIt seems to return me to my duties. It was begun in Greece and finished in a motel in Hollywood around 1969, along with everything else. Some lines were changed in Oregon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nBut Leonard said no matter how often he played it he could never \u201cseem to get it perfect\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\nKris died peacefully at his home three years after he retired from the entertainment business.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe was remembered by his family in an emotional statement posted on Instagram that said: \u201cIt 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.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cWe\u2019re 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\u2019s smiling down at us all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nThe statement was signed \u2018Family of Kris Kristofferson\u2019, and it added: \u201cThe family asks for privacy during this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nKris is survived by his wife Lisa, his eight children and seven grandchildren.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/kris-kristofferson-chose-epitaph-years-death-1407270.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3 October 2024 Kris Kristofferson chose his epitaph years before his death. Kris Kristofferson chose his epitaph years before his death The country icon died aged 88 at his home in Miami on Saturday (28.09.24), and an interview in which late musician Leonard Cohen revealed how Kris told him he wanted his lyrics on his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[9782,9783],"class_list":{"0":"post-128862","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-kris-kristofferson","9":"tag-leonard-cohen"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}