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From: Washington, DC
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 RE: dep Kris (in reply to Morante)
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Actor and country legend Kris Kristofferson has passed away, at 88años.
Thanks for posting that, Morante. Kris Kristofferson was truly one of the greats. His song-writing and singing were unmatched. The story is told that when he started out, after being a helicopter pilot in the US Army in Vietnam, he flew a helicopter and landed in Johnny Cash's yard, hoping to impress Cash. Cash took a liking to him and helped him initially. Later Kris joined Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and Waylon Jennings to form "The Highwaymen." Great group of outlaws. He was an army officer, a helicopter pilot, an athlete, a poet, a singer/song-writer, a Rhodes Scholar, and an intellectual who loved the English poet William Blake. A real Renaissance man, DEP Kris.
Bill
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And the end of the fight is a tombstone white,
With the name of the late deceased,
And the epitaph drear, "A fool lies here,
Who tried to hustle the East."
--Rudyard Kipling
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