Roy Horn, of Siegfried & Roy, Dies From Coronavirus at Age 75

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Roy Horn, of Siegfried & Roy, Dies From Coronavirus at Age 75
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Las Vegas legend Roy Horn (half of Siegfried & Roy) has died from coronavirus.

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. Siegfried was a steward with a part time gig as a magician. Roy, 15, was the personal bellboy to the captain. Roy found his way into Siegfried’s act, and eventually so did Roy’s pet Cheetah. The two men and a giant cat were a formula for success. They worked cruise ships, European nightclubs, the Caribbean and eventually came to Las Vegas in 1981.

In 2003, however, Roy was gravely injured by a 600 pound white tiger named Montecore. This effectively ended their performing careers, however all three — Siegfried, Roy,“From the moment we met,” Fischbacher continued in his statement, “I knew Roy and I, together, would change the world. There could be no Siegfried without Roy, and no Roy without Siegfried."

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