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Kristofferson was the son of an Air Force major general, and he served as a captain and helicopter pilot in the U.S. Army during his own stint in the service. As a Rhodes Scholar, he studied literature at Oxford University after finishing his undergraduate degree at Pomona College in California.
Mar 2, 2017 · Kris Kristofferson is born in Brownsville, Texas, two miles from the Mexican border. Early in life, he learns to sing in Spanish. 1954. Published in Atlantic Monthly. At the age of 18, two of Kris’s compositions, “Gone Are the Days,” and “The Rock,” are published in Atlantic Monthly after the budding writer wins a short story contest. 1958. Mar 31.
Kristofferson was born on June 22, 1936 in Brownsville, Texas. The oldest of three children, Kristofferson showed an early talent for writing and secured a Rhodes scholarship to Oxford University in England. At Oxford, Kristofferson first started writing and performing his own songs.
