Highlights from the magic career of Siegfried & Roy’s Siegfried Fischbacher
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ASSOCIATED PRESS / 1987
Siegfried, right, and Roy, Las Vegas magicians, pose in New York, with their rare white tigers, Neva, left, a female, and Vegas, a male, during a stop at Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry before their departure for Germany. The tigers, who were to be exhibited in Germany disappeared in their rented van Thursday and were recovered hours later in the Bronx Borough of New York City.2/13
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ASSOCIATED PRESS / 1989
Siegfried & Roy, master illusionists, appear on the Radio City Music Hall stage in New York with their opening act of "creatures." Siegfried & Roy's act features rare white tigers and vanishing elephants.3/13
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ASSOCIATED PRESS / 1995
Illusionists Siegfried Fischbacher, left, and Roy Horn pose after receiving the second annual Liberace Legend Award at a gala benefit in Las Vegas. German news agency dpa is reporting that Fischbacher, the surviving member of duo Siegfried & Roy has died in Las Vegas at age 81. The news agency said Thursday that Fischbacher’s sister, a nun who lives in Munich, confirmed his death of cancer. Fischbacher’s long-time show business partner, Roy Horn, died in May of complications from COVID-19 at a Las Vegas hospital.4/13
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ASSOCIATED PRESS / 1994
Illusionists Siegfried Fischbacher, left and Roy Uwe Ludwig Horn pose for photographers with a white tiger cub after they unveiled their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, Calif. German news agency dpa is reporting that Fischbacher, the surviving member of duo Siegfried & Roy has died in Las Vegas at age 81. The news agency said Thursday that Fischbacher’s sister, a nun who lives in Munich, confirmed his death of cancer. Fischbacher’s long-time show business partner, Roy Horn, died in May of complications from COVID-19 at a Las Vegas hospital.5/13
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ASSOCIATED PRESS / 2014
Siegfried Fischbacher, left, holds up a white lion cub as Roy Horn holds up a microphone during an event to welcome three white lion cubs to Siegfried & Roy's Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat, in Las Vegas. German news agency dpa is reporting that illusionist Siegfried Fischbacher, the surviving member of duo Siegfried & Roy has died in Las Vegas at age 81. The news agency said Thursday, Jan. 14, that Fischbacher’s sister, a nun who lives in Munich, confirmed his death of cancer.6/13
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ASSOCIATED PRESS / 2003
German illusionist Siegfried Fischbacher of the duo " Siegfried & Roy" holds their trophies after receiving the World Entertainment Award at the World Award 2003 ceremony in Hamburg, northern Germany. German news agency dpa is reporting that Fischbacher, the surviving member of duo Siegfried & Roy has died in Las Vegas at age 81. The news agency said Thursday that Fischbacher’s sister, a nun who lives in Munich, confirmed his death of cancer.7/13
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ASSOCIATED PRESS / 2008
Siegfried Fischbacher, left, and Roy Horn arrive at a party following the premiere performance of Bette Midler's "The Showgirl Must Go On" at Caesar's Palace hotel and casino in Las Vegas. Horn, one half of the longtime Las Vegas illusionist duo Siegfried & Roy, has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a spokesman. Dave Kirvin said in a statement that Horn is responding well to treatment and that Horn and Fischbacher "sent positive wishes to everyone impacted by the pandemic." Horn was injured by a tiger during a live Siegfried & Roy performance at The Mirage hotel-casino in Las Vegas in 2003, leaving Horn partially paralyzed and ending the duo's successful show.8/13
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ASSOCIATED PRESS / 2008
Siegfried Fischbacher, left, and Roy Horn, of the illusionist team Siegfried & Roy, play with a six-week-old white-striped tiger cub at their Las Vegas home. The pair are welcoming five new tiger cubs to their exotic habitat on the Las Vegas Strip. Fischbacher said Thursday that working with the tigers is the perfect rehabilitation for Horn, who was critically injured when he was mauled by a 380-pound white Bengal tiger onstage in 2003.9/13
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ASSOCIATED PRESS / 2009
Siegfried Fischbacher, left, and Roy Horn show a cake as they their celebrate tiger cubs' first birthday at Secret Garden & Dolphin Habitat at the Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.10/13
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ASSOCIATED PRESS / 2009
The German-American entertainers Siegfried Fischbacher, left, and Roy Uwe Ludwig Horn pose during a photo call, when they visited the evening show "Fantissima" in the leisure park Phantasialand in Bruehl, Germany.11/13
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ASSOCIATED PRESS / 2009
Entertainer Siegfried Fischbacher appears at the leisure park Phantasialand in Bruehl, Germany. German news agency dpa is reporting that Fischbacher, the surviving member of duo Siegfried & Roy has died in Las Vegas at age 81. The news agency said Thursday that Fischbacher’s sister, a nun who lives in Munich, confirmed his death of cancer. Fischbacher’s long-time show business partner, Roy Horn, died in May of complications from COVID-19 at a Las Vegas hospital.12/13
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ASSOCIATED PRESS / 2009
The German-American entertainers Siegfried Fischbacher, left, and Roy Uwe Ludwig Horn pose during a photo call, when they visited the evening show "Fantissima" in the leisure park Phantasialand in Bruehl, Germany. Mantecore, the tiger that injured Roy Horn over a decade ago, has died. He was 17. A statement released by illusionist duo Siegfried & Roy on Tuesday, March 25, 2014, said the tiger died from an illness on March 19. No other details were provided.13/13
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ASSOCIATED PRESS / 2014
Siegfried Fischbacher speaks with the media during an event to welcome three white lion cubs to Siegfried & Roy's Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat in Las Vegas. The three white lion cubs, born in South Africa, are scheduled to be available for public viewing Friday.
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