Hospitalized Vietnam vet who was granted last wish to see his horses passes away

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Hospitalized Vietnam vet who was granted last wish to see his horses passes away

Before his death on Monday evening, a paralyzed Vietnam veteran who was in critical condition at a hospital in Texas had one wish – to have one final meeting with his beloved horses.

Roberto Gonzalez, a rancher from Premont, Texas, was receiving care at San Antonio’s Audie Murphy Veterans Hospital when the staff asked if he and his family if there was anything he wanted to cheer him up.

“Most people request to see their dogs or cats,” Lupe Hernandez, a spokesperson for the hospital told Fox News Latino.

Gonzalez was the only paralyzed horse trainer in Texas. One of his horses raced in the Lone Star State and in Arizona. He was an active hunter and rancher, and, Hernandez told FNL, throughout his life Gonzalez loved horses.

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