Kris Kristofferson comforts Sinead O’Connor after she was booed off stage during the Bob Dylan anniversary concert at New York Madison Square Garden, on Oct. 17, 1992. The performance was O’Connor’s first live event since she ripped a picture of Pope John Paul II during a performance on Saturday Night Live.
Kristofferson, who had introduced O’Connor as an “artist whose name has become synonymous with courage and integrity,” was asked to get her off the stage but did the opposite.
“I was not about to do that,” said Kristofferson in 2010 on the Irish television show Saturday Night with Miriam. “I went out and I said ‘Don’t let the bastards get you down,’ and she said ‘I’m not down,’ and she sang. It was very courageous. It just seemed to me wrong, booing that little girl out there, but she’s always had courage.”
Kris Kristofferson subsequently released a song dedicated to O’Connor titled “Sister Sinead.”
The multitalented entertainer, who was a country singer-songwriter and actor, died Saturday at his Maui, Hawaii home, his rep told People. The artist “peacefully” passed away surrounded by relatives.
“It is with a heavy heart that we share the news our husband/father/grandfather, Kris Kristofferson, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 28 at home,” his family said in a statement, the outlet reported. “We’re all so blessed for our time with him. Thank you for loving him all these many years, and when you see a rainbow, know he's smiling down at us all.”
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