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Monty Roberts, Groundbreaking Horse Trainer, Dies at 91

Monty Roberts, the famed horse-trainer whose compassionate methods changed-forever the way animals are treated, has died at 91. Roberts’ methods caught the attention of Queen Elizabeth II who encourage him to write the 1996 book “The Man Who Listens to Horses.” Sunday TODAY’s Willie Geist remembers a life well lived.

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