'One of the greatest singer songwriters ever': Daniel tribute to Kris Kristofferson

Daniel O’Donnell has paid tribute to legendary America country music star Kris Kristofferson, who died over the weekend.

Aged 88, the musician and actor died peacefully and surrounded by his family at his home in Maui, Hawaii, on Saturday, family spokeswoman Ebie McFarland said.

No cause of death was given, but he had suffered with memory loss for some time. 

“Saddened to hear of the passing of Kris Kristofferson,” Donegal country star Daniel said in a social media post.

“He was one of the greatest singer songwriters ever. I had the privilege of recording and singing a number of his songs over the years. May he rest in peace. Sympathies to all his family.”

Starting in the late 1960s, the Texas native Kristofferson wrote such classics standards as Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down, Help Me Make it Through the Night, For The Good Times and Me And Bobby McGee.

As an actor, Kristofferson played the leading man opposite Barbara Streisand and Ellen Burstyn, but also had a fondness for shoot-out westerns and cowboy dramas.

He received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for 1976 romantic drama A Star Is Born.