Personal Life
Kristofferson has been married three times and has eight children. In 1960, Kristofferson married his high-school sweetheart Frances (Fran) Beer. They had two children, a daughter, Tracy, and a son, Kris, before divorcing in 1969. Afterwards, Kristofferson dated Janis Joplin, not long before her death, before dating Barbra Streisand. Joan Baez admitted in a 1983 Rolling Stone interview that she and Kristofferson had had a brief fling somewhere around 1970–71. In 1973, he married singer Rita Coolidge and together they had one child, Casey Kristofferson. They divorced in 1980. In 1983, he married Lisa Meyers and together they have five children—son Jesse Turner, son Jody Ray, son Johnny Robert, daughter Kelly Marie and son Blake Cameron. Jody is a professional wrestler, who made an appearance on the August 13, 2010 edition of WWE SmackDown. WWE commentator Matt Striker made reference to him after a move by saying "There goes the Highway man." Jody also wrestled Brodus Clay on August 9, 2011 in a tryout match. In January 2012, Jody signed a developmental contract with WWE.
Kris Kristofferson has said that he would like the first three lines of Leonard Cohen's "Bird on the Wire" on his tombstone:
- Like a bird on a wire
- Like a drunk in a midnight choir
- I have tried in my way to be free.
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