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His appearances with tigers and lions make German magicians Roy Horn and Siegfried Fischbacher world famous. His career ended abruptly when Horn was seriously injured in 2003. He now died at the age of 75 as a result of a coronavirus infection.
Siegfried & Roy’s magician Roy Horn is dead. He died Friday in a Las Vegas hospital of Covid-19 complications, spokesman Dave Kirvin said. Horn was 75 years old.
“Siegfried and Roy” delighted millions of viewers with their magic shows.
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The coach, born in Nordenham near Bremen, and his partner Siegfried Fischbacher were world famous for their performances with tigers and white lions. “Today the world has lost one of the greats of magic, but I have lost my best friend,” Fischbacher said in a message. “When we met, I knew that Roy and I would change the world together. There could not have been Siegfried without Roy or Roy without Siegfried.”
His Las Vegas career ended in October 2003 when a Tiger Roy Horn was seriously injured in a performance. Horn was never able to fully recover from the severe blood loss, stroke, and brain surgery after the accident. “Roy has been a fighter all his life, even in the past few days,” said Fischbacher. He thanked the doctors and nurses at Mountain View Hospital. They fought “heroically against the insidious virus,” which ultimately killed Roy. “
Horn had discovered his love of exotic animals as a boy in postwar Germany, including a cheetah named “Boy” at the Bremen Zoo. Horn was hired as a butler on a cruise ship where he met Fischbacher. The duo made their way with magic tricks and animals. The two arrived in Las Vegas in 1967, some two decades later, the “Masters of Illusion” negotiated a million dollar deal with the “Mirage” hotel in the casino city. German artists delighted fans around the world with spectacular illusions and exotic animals, including the rare white tigers.
