“I HATED TO LOSE HIM” — Willie Nelson’s Tearful Goodbye to Kris Kristofferson. At 92, Willie Nelson has said farewell to many friends, but none cut deeper than the loss of Kris Kristofferson. In a trembling voice, the Red Headed Stranger admitted, “I hated to lose him.” Those words, simple yet heavy, carried the weight of decades spent side by side — as bandmates in the Highwaymen, as fellow songwriters, and as brothers bound by a rare kind of trust.
Few friendships in country music carried as much weight, history, and mutual respect as the…
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