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“Siegfried and Roy”: After Roy's death, Siegfried also dies - the future of the white tigers already clarified

2021-01-16T14:58:43.753Z


Deep sadness in show business. According to initial information, magician Siegfried, known from the magician duo "Siegfried and Roy", died. In 2020 his partner Roy died.


Deep sadness in show business.

According to initial information, magician Siegfried, known from the magician duo "Siegfried and Roy", died.

In 2020 his partner Roy died.

  • Siegfried Fischbacher

    , part of the magician duo “Siegfried and Roy”, died on Wednesday.

  • The background was a serious

    cancer

    .

    The tumor could be removed, but it had spread.

  • Siegfried's partner Roy had already died in 2020.

Update from January 14th, 10:10 p.m.:

After the death of

Roy Horn

, his magician partner

Siegfried Fischbacher also

died

just eight months later

.

"Siegfried & Roy"

are dead, but their tigers live on.

In their magic shows, white tigers, lions and other exotic animals were often the main characters.

They also played an important role in their lives away from the stage.

As the

picture

reports, currently over

30 tigers

still live

in the “Secret Garden”, a

public zoo

right next to the “Mirage” hotel in Las Vegas.

And it should stay that way even after the death of the two magicians.

Siegfried and Roy have ordered that their beloved animals should continue to be looked after.

Your assets (an estimated 185 million euros) have been transferred to a foundation.

The zoo in front of the “Mirage” hotel will continue to exist as a tourist attraction.

Our legacy

is to

save the white tigers from extinction

.

Even if we are no longer there, their continued existence should be ensured, ”said Siegfried two years ago.

“Siegfried and Roy”: Magician Siegfried is dead - only eight months after Roy

First report

: Munich / Las Vegas - It was a shock news in 2020 for all fans of the magic arts: Roy Horn, known from the magical duo "Siegfried and Roy", passed away.

Now the second of the magic duo, Siegfried Fischbacher, has also died.

This is reported by rosenheim24.de *.

The background is a cancer.

“Siegfried and Roy”: Magician Siegfried dies after suffering from cancer - asleep peacefully

As recently became known, the former Tiger Whisperer Siegfried probably suffered from pancreatic cancer.

There was no prospect of a cure, they said.

Now the magician has died in Las Vegas after suffering from severe cancer.

According to

information from the

tz

, Siegfried fell

asleep peacefully

on

Wednesday

and died at 11.30 p.m.

Sister Dolore

, not only a biological sister but also a religious sister in St. Boniface, spoke to him half an hour before he died.

“He sensed that it was coming to an end,” she said, “and had me call again.

Among other things, we prayed an Our Father together, but he could hardly speak anymore.

It comforts me that I know he is now in a new life. "

“Siegfried and Roy”: The world's most famous magician duo became known in the 1960s

Siegfried and Roy

 had risen to become the world's most famous magician duo in the 1960s.

From 1990 they were part of the program of the famous Mirage Hotel in

Las Vegas

, where they always played sold-out shows with their white tigers.

The magic duo retired from show business after a dramatic accident in October 2003 in which 

Roy Horn was

grabbed in the neck and seriously injured during a performance by a white tiger.

Roy never really recovered from the consequences, as

reported by

ovb-online.de

* rosenheim24.de and ovb-online.de are part of the nationwide Ippen editorial network (mbr)

List of rubric lists: © imago stock & people, via www.imago-images.de

Source: merkur

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