FILE - Actress Candice Bergen, from left, singer Rita Coolidge, singer/songwriter Kris Kristofferson, country singer Willie Nelson, and actor Burt Reynolds are seen backstage at New York's Bottom Line after Coolidge and Kristofferson's opening night, Jan. 4, 1979. Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar who became a superstar songwriter, singer and actor, died Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)