“Siegfried & Roy“-Legend is dead

The German American Magic duo Siegfried Fischbacher und Roy Uwe Horn delighted the international public for several years. With their self-created show “Siegfried & Roy at the Mirage“, they enjoyed their certainly largest success. The programme is to date still the most visited show in Las Vegas.

After Roy passed away in May of last year, now even his former magician and animal trainer as well as his life partner Siegfried Fischbacher, also had health problems. The 81-year old was suffering from pancreatic cancer. According to information of the BILD-newspaper he has now passed away in Las Vegas. But what are the exact circumstances of his death and wat did the exceptional duo accomplish in their life? As the BILD-newspaper reported, the former magician Siegfried Fischbacher underwent an operation over twelve hours, to remove a malicious tumour. Shortly after the entertainer was dismissed from hospital, he passed away. This was reported in the past days in the BILD-Newspaper. 

Pancreatic cancer - no cure

The 81-year old Siegfried Fischbacher was suffering from pancreatic cancer according to the BILD-Newspaper. After a twelve hour operation it turned out that the cancer had spread. Therefore there was no chance of a cure. The successful entertainer then left the hospital out of his own will, to prepare himself in peace for his imminent death.

Siegfried Fischbacher spent his old age on his impressive estate “Little Bavaria“, in Las Vegas. He had already spent four decades here with his partner Roy Horn, who had already passed away last May at the age of seventy five. At the end Fischbacher was being visited daily by a priest. Besides he also had two hospice nursing staff caring for him. Siegfried’s sister, Dolore (78) spoke to the BILD-Newspaper: „He fell asleep softly and peacefully“. The death of the artist was said to be a salvation.

Siegfried was not afraid of death

The BILD-newspaper quoted a good friend of Fischbacher, who insisted that the former magician and entertainer was not afraid of death. Instead, according to his friend, Siegfried had had „81 wonderful years in life and he was reconciled with everyone“. In spite of this, Sigfried, who was born in Rosenheim, would have wished to have some more time on earth.

Over 25 Million Live-spectators

To date, the Show “Siegfried & Roy at The Mirage“ is still the most visited Show in Las Vegas. In 1996 the magic duo celebrated their 15.000th. performance in the gambling metropole Las Vegas. A short while ago, we reported about the dark and criminal side of Las Vegas. The artists were active on the stage in American Nevada for over 30 years. During this time, over 25 million people saw their Shows. They achieved fame, among another things, for the so-called „White King Tiger“, which they bred and used in live performances in their show.

Career over after Tiger attack

In 2003 there was a serious attack during one of their many „Mirage-Shows“. Roy was attacked by a tiger and he was seriously injured. The doctors who were treating him immediately described it as a miracle that the magician had survived the attack at all. During the following years there were lots of rumours about the circumstances which led to this incident. Whilst some spectators had already noticed a nervous behaviour from the white tiger “Montecore“ on the fatal day, the animal trainer himself was also not in top form on the day. The day before he had celebrated his birthday.

On 28th. February 2009, Siegfried and Roy had their last stage performance. What was special: during the short performance the exceptionally talented duo did not speak a word to each other and they said goodbye to their fans from all over the world in silence. It was only in 2007 that the two magicians opened up about their homosexuality in an interview.

Conclusion

After the world famous Roy Uwe Ludwig Horn passed away last year at the age of 75, the surviving magician legend Siegfried Fischbacher has now also died from pancreatic cancer. This was reported by his sister after comments to the BILD-newspaper and his sister. One only hopes, that the 81-year old passed away painlessly and peacefully. Both Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn should have been proud of their achievements, no other show in Las Vegas attracted more people than the German-American Entertainer-Duo. 

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