Robert Weatherwax, a second-generation Hollywood animal trainer and the son ofLassieco-creatorRudd Weatherwax, has died.
He was born exactly one year after my grandfathers MGM Lassie Pal.
Im proud to be the last representative of the greatest dog training family in history.
Robert Weatherwax, son of the creator of Lassie, with a 7th generation descendent of Lassie in 1994.Janson Media/Courtesy Everett Collection
Rudd createdLassieforCBSin 1954 with producer Robert Maxwell.
The family voted to sell the characters trademark in 2002.
