Maui County, Hawaii - Hollywood star and country music legend Kris Kristofferson died at the age of 88, his family announced Sunday.

No cause of death was given in a statement issued by the family of the artist, a Country Music Hall of Fame honoree and Grammy winner known for writing hits like Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down and Me and Bobby McGee.

Kristofferson performed solo for decades but also formed the supergroup The Highwaymen in the mid-1980s with Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson.

In film, the Golden Globe winner was also known for his role opposite Barbara Streissand in 1976's A Star Is Born and appearances as Whistler alongside Wesley Snipes in the vampire trilogy Blade.

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"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" In Hawaii, the family said in a statement on his official Facebook page.

"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."

Born on June 22, 1936, in Brownsville, Texas, Kristofferson moved frequently as a child because his father was in the US military. He attended Pomona College in California and went to Oxford as a Rhodes scholar, according to his official website.

He put out a first album in 1970 and would earn success both with his own voice and by providing tunes for other hitmakers.

Cash took Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down to the top of the charts, and Ray Price did the same with For the Good Times.

Me and Bobby McGee became a posthumous hit for Janis Joplin, who once dated Kristofferson.

He developed a reputation for a preoccupation with working class themes and social justice.

Kristofferson would go on to pivot to acting, where his good looks led to work with directors Sam Peckinpah and Martin Scorsese.

Then came the massive success of A Star is Born, in which he played a washed-up rock singer who discovers a new talent.

He won the Golden Globe for best actor for the film, a remake of a 1937 movie that was again redone in the 1950s with Judy Garland, and later in 2018 with Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga.

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Kristofferson's acting career hit a snag when he starred in the notorious flop Heaven's Gate in 1980, and he struggled with drugs and alcohol, but he went on to take dozens of other TV and film roles.

As a solo artist, his album output tapered off after the 1980s. The Highwaymen recorded three popular albums over a decade, and he often collaborated with Willie Nelson in the years that followed.

Kristofferson toured REGULARLY until the Covid-19 pandemic, though he suffered from memory loss and announced in early 2021 that he had retired from music.

"He created a body of work that gave voice not only to his soul but to ours," Country Music Hall of Fame CEO Kyle Young said in a statement.

Kristofferson is survived by his third wife Lisa and his eight children.