Magician Siegfried Fischbacher will probably get a memorial in his hometown Rosenheim.
A small group of people had a memorial service there on Friday.
Rosenheim - After the
magician Siegfried Fischbacher
died about two weeks ago at the age of 81 due to serious cancer in
Las Vegas
, a spokesman for his hometown
Rosenheim announced
that “suitable ways of
commemoration
” were being examined.
Previously,
Bild had
reported that the native
Rosenheim
and
magician of the magician duo
"
Siegfried & Roy
" should
receive
a
memorial
.
“
Siegfried
was a totally grounded person who,
despite his world fame, always had
Rosenheim
in his heart.
He was one of us.
We will
bring a commemoration
for
Siegfried
on the way, that has already been discussed internally ”, quoted
Bild
the
Mayor of
Rosenheim
Andreas März.
On the day of the news of his death, März had already
honored
Fischbacher
as a person with a down-to-earth connection and announced: “His hometown will always keep an honorable memory for him.” The duo “
Siegfried & Roy” were
world-famous for their performances with white tigers and lions.
Siegfried Fischbacher: Funeral service in a small circle
His family members
said
goodbye to the world-famous magician
at a
memorial service in Rosenheim
.
His sister Dolore and his brother Marinus Fischbacher, among others, came together for the celebration.
In the church there was a funeral arrangement of white flowers and a photo showing the
magician
.
"It's a family and very small gathering because of the pandemic - and we want that in peace," Dolore had previously
told
the
German press agency
.
At the funeral, she said shortly after her
death
last week: “He will
probably be buried
over there like
Roy
.
Everything on a small scale - that's how I imagine it. ”
Roy Horn
,
Fischbacher's magician
-
partner
died last May, around eight months before
Fischbacher
, of the consequences of a corona infection.
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