Kris and Rita are name checked in the song Lonesome LA Cowboy. The early 70s must have been a fun time to be a young adult in Los Angeles. Seems like he had a great run. RIP.
I just watched the 4k Criterion blu ray of "Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid" yesterday, with Kris playing Billy The Kid!
I had a brief girlfriend back when I was graduating law school in 1978 who told me she had a thing for Kris Kristofferson and that I looked like him (I don't think so at all, and I'm a lot younger). But she never told me I could sing or was smart like him!