Country legend Dolly Parton, who passed away at the age of 80, had already thought about what her legacy would be. Despite her worldwide fame and status as an icon of the genre, the singer hoped that the public would remember her not so much for her hits as for her charity work in children's education, reports infohub.kz.
In a famous interview with Barbara Walters, the artist joked that in a hundred years she would prefer to be remembered "not for my looks, but for my books." She brought this idea to life in 1995 by founding the charitable project "Imagination Library" in honor of her father, who could not read or write.
Since the initiative's inception, children around the world have received about 300 million books for free. The performer emphasized that she would prefer the nickname "Book Lady" to the title of queen of the stage. The program will continue its work after the founder's passing.