The magician Roy Horn is dead «kleinezeitung.at

Horn was 75 years old. In 2003, he was seriously injured at a concert with a tiger, from which he could never recover.

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His doctors called it “a miracle” that Roy Horn serious injuries after the attack of his white tiger Mantecore survived at all. The duo had one last magic trick. “Siegfried and Roy” finally adopted by the entertainment world in March 2009. Horn now died of the consequences of Covid disease 19.

The tamer and magician, born in Nordenham, near Bremen, celebrated his 59th birthday at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas on October 3, 2003. A few hours later, the brunette was lying. Magician at night “Siegfried & Roy” show seriously injured on stage. After severe blood loss, strokes, and brain surgery, she never fully recovered. Your longtime partnerwho was born in Rosenheim Siegfried Fischbacher, became a supervisor.

Mourning Las Vegas: “Siegfried & Roy” magician Roy Horn is dead.

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He died Friday in a Las Vegas hospital of complications from Covid disease 19.

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“Today the world has lost one of the greats of magic, but I have lost my best friend,” said his former partner, Siegfried Fischbacher (80), who was born in Rosenheim.

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Uwe Ludwig Horn, born on October 3, 1944, discovered his love for exotic animals from the beginning. In the post-war years, he fled to a world of animal dreams. A cheetah named “Boy” at the Bremen Zoo became his best friend.

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After dropping out of school, he hired him as an administrator on a cruise ship, where he met Fischbacher. Together, they played magic and animal tricks through smaller theaters until they made their international breakthrough in Monaco in the 1960s.

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They first arrived in Las Vegas in 1967, and in 1988 they negotiated the largest deal in the history of casino city with the Mirage Hotel.

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A tragic tiger crash forced the award-winning “Masters of the Impossible” to retire early in 2003. It was the abrupt end to the celebrated magician duo “Siegfried & Roy”, which had inspired millions of fans in the city of casinos. Americans with their illusions and animal tricks for decades.

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Roy Horn was paralyzed on one side after the accident.

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With one last magic trick, the duo finally took their leave of business in March 2009.

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More photos from his career …

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Horn now died of Covid-19 lung disease. Horn died in Las Vegas on Friday (local time). He was 75 years old. “Today the world lost one of the greats of magic, but I lost my best friend.“Fischbacher (80) said in a message.

Horn was paralyzed on one side after the accident.

The tragic accident of the tiger had forced the award-winning “masters of the impossible” into early retirement, that was all abrupt end to the famous magician duo “Siegfried & Roy”, which had inspired millions of fans in the American casino city with their illusions and animal tricks for decades. Roy Horn was paralyzed on one side after the accident.

The artist slowly learned to walk again, albeit slowly and leaning on a stick. The Graz surgeon Peter Panzenböck He recalled: “In 2008 I received anonymous X-rays that surprised me. A friend recommended me and a few days later Roy Horns Jet was at the airport and I operated on him after the tiger attack.”

“Extraordinary man”

When Roy Horn died, the surgeon wrote about his “friend” that he was a “extraordinary person“State”. He survived a tiger attack and died of the devilish virus. In 2008 he was my patient and spent a few weeks in Graz. It also had a huge impact on my career as a surgeon. Over the years I was able to visit him several times in Las Vegas and also meet his tigers and lions, “said Panzenböck on Facebook.

Stem cell therapy

In rare public appearances, he was also seen in a wheelchair. In May of last year, the duo visited Siegfried’s home in Munich and Lake Tegernsee. Horn did autologous blood stem cell therapy there. Outside of his Las Vegas foster home, Horn has seen less and less in recent years. On Facebook, he occasionally posted photos of the “Little Bavaria” retirement home outside Las Vegas, a large property with numerous cats and other animals.

“Boy” became her best friend

Uwe Ludwig Horn, born on October 3, 1944, discovered his love for exotic animals from the beginning. In the post-war years, he fled to a world of animal dreams. A cheetah named “Boy” at the Bremen Zoo became his best friend. After dropping out of school, he hired him as an administrator on a cruise ship, where he met Fischbacher. Together, they played magic and animal tricks through smaller theaters until they made their international breakthrough in Monaco in the 1960s. They first arrived in Las Vegas in 1967, and in 1988 they negotiated the largest deal in the history of casino city with the Mirage Hotel.

Roy’s love for wildcats continued, even after Mantecore’s attack. He did not blame the white tiger, on the contrary. After the cat’s death in 2014, the trainer wrote on Facebook that his “dear 17-year-old white tiger, friend and brother” had died. “He was the one who took me to safety after I got dizzy on stage because of low blood pressure. He took me out of there so emergency doctors could help me.” Mantecore just wanted to come to his aid and take him away, he said in interviews.

With one last magic trick, the duo finally took their leave of business in March 2009. The magic show at a charity event at the Bellagio Hotel-Casino lasted just ten minutes.