Siegfried Fischbacher, of the world-famous magician duo “Siegfried & Roy”, has died of pancreatic cancer at his Las Vegas home aged 81, his publicist and …
Siegfried Fischbacher, of the world-famous magician duo “Siegfried & Roy”, has died of pancreatic cancer at his Las Vegas home aged 81, his publicist and family said Thursday. born illusionist Siegfried passed away Wednesday night, just eight months after his exotic cat-taming partner Roy Horn died of complications from the coronavirus, his publicist said in a statement to AFP. The pair, whose partnership spanned five decades, began performing in Las Vegas in the late 1960s. They became household names with their sold-out residency and over 5,000 shows featuring white tigers, white lions, leopards, jaguars and even an elephant at The Mirage casino hotel. “A showman and a gentleman, always,” tweeted Siegfried’s Las Vegas publicist Dave Kirvin.
