"Roy Orbison was one of the genuinely nicest persons I've ever known," said Kris Kristofferson, who wrote one song for him in 1976.

Kris Kristofferson's final performance before his death was one for the books. And naturally, he did it for a friend.

Kris Kristofferson, the singer and songwriter whose literary yet plain-spoken compositions infused country music with rarely heard candor and depth, and who later had a successful second career in ...