kris kristofferson

It's been two months since Kristofferson died, and his friends and family celebrated his memory during their first Thanksgiving without him.

Including what it took to get Jelly Roll onboard for Brooks & Dunn's "Believe."

Her performance was more than appreciated by the legend's widow, Lisa.

'And then I am the only one left. And that's just not funny,' Nelson reflects.

Including a country hitmaker, an acting legend and a rocker who died of an overdose.

"This one hurt. This is a tough one. This is a legend that was lost," she says.

After Kristofferson's death, his 'A Star Is Born' co-star Barbra Streisand remembered their decade-spanning friendship.

Take a look back into Kris Kristofferson's life and career in photos.

Throughout the '60s and '70s, he subscribed to the theory that all serious artists were self-destructive.

Shania Twain recalls a touching — but unexpected — encounter with Kris Kristofferson.