The country music world is still in mourning over the death of the legendary Kenny Rogers, who passed away last month at the age of 81. Now, the iconic singer’s sister is speaking out to share memories of him in a new documentary.

In the lead-up to the airing of the A&E special “Biography: Kenny Rogers,” which was filmed before Rogers’ death, his sister Sandy Rogers sat down with Fox News to talk about some of her fondest memories of her brother. When asked why she decided to participate in the documentary, Sandy said the decision was not a hard one at all.

“Well, I would do anything for him. He has done so much for me personally and my family, more than anybody else,” she said. “We’ve been wanting to help him with this project and we did. We were taught to help each other so there was no question.”

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Sandy was later asked what her favorite memory of Rogers would be.

“Oh, we have so many,” she replied. “I remember my twin Randy and I would go with him to the recording studio. He let us do background on one of his songs. I remember we were even suggesting how to make the song better — could you believe that? But we did just that… When it was all over, we started asking for royalties *laughs*. Kenneth would say, ‘I can’t believe you’ve only been in here for 30 minutes and you’re already asking for royalties.’ That became an ongoing joke for us, one that I will remember forever.”

When she was asked what would surprise fans most about her brother, Sandy said he had a hilarious sense of humor.

“His humor. He was such a jokester. That never left him,” she explained. “I have two other sisters and he called every one of us his baby sisters… I remember he would call me and if I wasn’t there, he’d leave a message and said, ‘All right, if you’re shacking up with somebody, I need to meet him.’ Typical brother. I remember I sent him a church picture of me. He called me and said, ‘Thank you for that picture. But Sandy, I thought I saw that picture in Playboy. But seriously, I put it out in the yard, out in the garden. And nothing’s there anymore! And to top it off, everything’s dead.'”

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The interviewer could not help but ask about Rogers’ relationship with Dolly Parton, who he collaborated with many times over the years. Though they insisted that they were just friends, there was always rumors that they were more than that, but Sandy was not having any of it.

“I mean, he loved her to death. But we never thought anything of it, to be honest with you,” she said. “It was just him finding somebody he could sing with and make everyone feel a special way. And they had that. Dolly is just like a little child, a china doll. She met all of us in the family. By the time she got to me, she said, ‘Kenny, how many Rogers are in this family? I’ve met people for two days!’ She was really cute and very sweet.”

Finally, Sandy was asked what she hopes fans will get out of this special:

“I don’t want anybody to forget him. I know fans just can’t get enough of him, and that is good. He was good to everybody. He was a jokester, but he helped everybody. That’s how we were raised to be and he never forgot that. He did an amazing job. He never saw himself as this icon. He would always say, ‘I’m not a great singer, but I like to entertain people.’ And he was a very good entertainer. I just can’t say enough about him. He’s my brother. I love him. We all loved him. Sometimes I don’t deal with this very well. I still can’t believe he’s gone, but I know I’ll see him again. We’ll see him one day in heaven.”

Biography: Kenny Rogers” airs tonight on A&E at 9pm. Check it out for yourself if you want to learn more about the iconic legend that is Kenny Rogers. May he rest in peace!

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