Celebrities, Fans Offer Emotional Tributes To 'Absolute Genius' Kris Kristofferson

Fans and celebrities alike are paying tribute to Kris Kristofferson , the American music legend and movie star who died on Saturday at the age of 88.

Kristoffersons life story is so improbable that it seems almost impossible: He was both a Rhodes scholar and Golden Gloves boxer who quit a promising career in the military to become in janitor in Nashville, where he hoped to get a shot at making music. 

He would become known as a master songwriter and one of the founding figures of the outlaw country movement and if that werent enough, he was a magnetic performer on the big screen, winning a Golden Globe for his role in the 1976 version of A Star Is Born. 

Kristoffersons friends, fans, costars and fellow musicians sent their condolences, shared their memories and posted clips of their favorite moments: