Siegfried Fischbacher, Of Siegfried & Roy, Dies Aged 81
After a long battle with pancreatic cancer, magician Siegfried Fischbacher, one half of the iconic Las Vegas duo Siegfried & Roy has this week passed away, aged 81. This comes just eight months after his on, and rumoured off, stage partner Roy Horn passed away from COVID-19 complications.Confirming the news to German news agency DPA, Fischbacher’s sister said, “He was at home in Las Vegas.” Recalling the conversation they had in his final days she said: “I could pray with him and tell him that I will always be with him in my heart.”Siegfried & Roy both originally from Germany, met on the TS Bremen luxury cruise liner while working as solo performers.