Editing Kris Kristofferson (section)

== Personal life ==
In 1961, Kristofferson married his longtime girlfriend Frances "Fran" Mavia Beer, but they divorced in 1969.<ref name="MCreg"/><ref name=":1">{{cite web|last=Campbell|first=Courtney|date=August 30, 2020|title=Kris Kristofferson + Lisa Meyers: Inside Their 37-Year Love Story|url=https://www.wideopencountry.com/lisa-meyers-kris-kristofferson/|access-date=December 27, 2020|website=Wideopencountry.com|archive-date=October 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241001202357/https://www.wideopencountry.com/lisa-meyers-kris-kristofferson/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Cashmere |first1=Paul |title=Kris Kristofferson Dies at Age 88 |url=https://www.noise11.com/news/kris-kristofferson-dies-at-age-88-20240930 |website=Noise11 |date=September 29, 2024 |access-date=September 30, 2024 |archive-date=September 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240930003622/https://www.noise11.com/news/kris-kristofferson-dies-at-age-88-20240930 |url-status=live }}</ref> Kristofferson briefly dated [[Janis Joplin]] before her death in October 1970.<ref name=":1"/> His second marriage was to singer [[Rita Coolidge]] in 1973, ending in divorce in 1980.<ref name=":0"/><ref name=":1"/> Kristofferson married Lisa Meyers in 1983.<ref name=":1"/>

Kristofferson and Meyers owned a home in Las Flores Canyon in [[Malibu, California]],<ref name="rollingstone.com">{{cite magazine |last=Strauss |first=Neil |date=June 6, 2016 |title=Kris Kristofferson: An Outlaw at 80 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/kris-kristofferson-an-outlaw-at-80-20160606 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=February 10, 2019 |archive-date=June 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622192919/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/kris-kristofferson-an-outlaw-at-80-20160606 |url-status=live }}</ref> and they also resided in [[Hana, Hawaii]] from 1990 until his death.<ref name=":1"/> Kristofferson had eight children from his three marriages: two from his first marriage, one from his second marriage, and five from his marriage to his third wife.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/105678%7C0/kris-kristofferson#family-companions |title=Family for Kris Kristofferson |website=Turner Classic Movies |date=June 22, 1936 |access-date=February 10, 2019}}</ref>

=== Political views and advocacy ===
Kristofferson was a vocal opponent of the [[Gulf War]] and [[Iraq War]] and a critic of a number of United States military interventions and foreign policy positions, including the [[United States invasion of Panama]] and U.S. support of the [[Contras]] during the [[Nicaraguan Revolution]] and of the [[Apartheid|Apartheid government]] in [[South Africa]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Benitez-Eves |first=Tina |date=2024-03-18 |title=The Not-So-Subtle Political Commentary Behind Kris Kristofferson's 1990 Single 'Don't Let the Bastards (Get You Down)' |url=https://americansongwriter.com/the-not-so-subtle-political-commentary-behind-kris-kristoffersons-1990-single-dont-let-the-bastards-get-you-down/ |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=American Songwriter |language=en-US |archive-date=October 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241001202356/https://americansongwriter.com/the-not-so-subtle-political-commentary-behind-kris-kristoffersons-1990-single-dont-let-the-bastards-get-you-down/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 

Kristofferson endorsed [[Jesse Jackson]]'s [[Jesse Jackson 1988 presidential campaign|presidential campaign]] in 1988 and [[Ross Perot]]'s [[Ross Perot 1992 presidential campaign|presidential campaign]] in 1992.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-06-07-ca-3918-story.html |title=Campaign '88 Gets the Star Treatment |work=Los Angeles Times |last=Easton |first=Nina J. |date=June 7, 1988 |access-date=January 13, 2025 |archive-date=April 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407013354/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-06-07-ca-3918-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/1992/06/12/how-ross-perot-got-line-hollywood-celebs/ |title=How Ross Perot got a line on Hollywood celebs |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |last=Spotnitz |first=Frank |date=June 12, 1992 |access-date=January 13, 2025 |archive-date=December 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202003348/https://ew.com/article/1992/06/12/how-ross-perot-got-line-hollywood-celebs/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Kristofferson's debut LP included a pro–[[Vietnam War]] song, but he said that he later became an opponent of the war after speaking with returning soldiers who had seen combat. Speaking about a soldier who had told him that he had witnessed other soldiers throwing people out of helicopters during interrogation, Kristofferson said, "The notion that you could make a young person do something so inhumane to another soldier—or even worse, a civilian—convinced me that we were in the wrong." Kristofferson called himself a "dove with claws" and remained proud of his military service in spite of his [[Anti-imperialism|anti-imperialist]] views. 

In a 1991 interview on New Zealand TV, he condemned media support for the Gulf War, saying "The lapdog media cranks out propaganda that would make a Nazi blush."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lehmann |first=Chris |date=2024-10-01 |title=How Kris Kristofferson Beat the Devil |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/kris-kristofferson-obituary/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |language=en-US |issn=0027-8378}}</ref> Kristofferson was a supporter of the [[United Farm Workers]] and appeared at several rallies and benefits for them, campaigning with [[Cesar Chavez]] for the passage of Proposition 14. He continued to play at benefits for the UFW through the 2010s. In 1987, he played at a benefit concert for [[Leonard Peltier]] with [[Jackson Browne]], [[Willie Nelson]] and [[Joni Mitchell]]. In 1995, he dedicated a song to [[Mumia Abu-Jamal]] at a concert in Philadelphia, and was booed by the crowd.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Browne |first=David |date=2024-10-02 |title=Kris Kristofferson Paid a Price for His Social Activism. He Didn't Care |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/kris-kristofferson-activist-causes-farm-workers-1235120247/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |archive-date=October 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241002154326/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/kris-kristofferson-activist-causes-farm-workers-1235120247/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

He performed in benefit concerts for [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] children, and said that he "found a considerable lack of work as a result." At a Bob Dylan anniversary concert shortly after [[Sinéad O'Connor on Saturday Night Live|Sinead O'Connor's protest on ''Saturday Night Live'']], he showed solidarity with her when she was booed by the crowd.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Barton |first=Laura |date=2024-09-30 |title=Kris Kristofferson: the soldier turned star made a tough life into tender poetry |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/sep/30/kris-kristofferson-the-soldier-turned-star-made-a-tough-life-into-tender-poetry#:~:text=%E2%80%9CI%20found%20a%20considerable%20lack,you%20gotta%20support%20them%20everywhere.%E2%80%9D |access-date=2024-10-02 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=October 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241002215948/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/sep/30/kris-kristofferson-the-soldier-turned-star-made-a-tough-life-into-tender-poetry#:~:text=%E2%80%9CI%20found%20a%20considerable%20lack,you%20gotta%20support%20them%20everywhere.%E2%80%9D |url-status=live }}</ref>