Want to know what happened to Siegfried and Roy? German-American magicians and entertainers Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn rose to huge fame and success after becoming the masters of illusions. The duo was perhaps best known for their impressive work with live white lions and white tigers in Las Vegas. Their performances were applauded and loved by the audience, and for almost a decade, Siegfried and Roy performed the show named Siegfried & Roy at the Mirage Resort and Casino.
Their show, Siegfried & Roy at the Mirage Resort and Casino, was hailed as the most-visited show in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show was a huge success until one life-threatening incident led to the duo’s career facing a huge fall and eventually, Mirage was compelled to close the show. It was finally in 2010, that Fischbacher and Horn finally retired from show business.
What happened to Siegfried and Roy?
As the duo was popular for their antics, including the magnificent white lions and tigers, one life-threatening incident led to the eventual fall of their career. During one such show that happened in 2003, Horn suffered a ferocious bite to the neck by a tiger as he reportedly suffered a stroke. The attack was so severe that it was further disclosed in the podcast Wild Things: Siegfried & Roy, where someone claimed that it reportedly took four men and a fire extinguisher to get the tiger off the famous magician.
While the attack took a huge toll on Horn, who reportedly suffered from a severed spine, massive blood loss, and even permanently impaired motor and verbal abilities. The tiger attack also effectively ended his performing career, as well as it took him years to recover. Eventually, both men retired to private life. At the same time, the duo remained close friends until Horn died in 2020, which was followed by Fischbacher’s death in 2021.
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What Happened During the Tiger Attack?
More interesting facts came about the shocking tiger attack in The Wild Things: Siegfried & Roy podcast. While the former magician survived despite suffering, Horn reportedly suffered a stroke either during or after the attack. Horn also shared his side of the story in an early interview, stating that Manticore had tried to save his life by dragging Horn to safety after he had suffered a stroke.
The attack was pretty brutal as the duo eventually big goodbye from showbusiness, as they made a farewell appearance back on April 23, 2010. It was also revealed that the attack was so bad that the stage soaked in Horn’s blood as Mantacore went on to slice through vertebrae and even severed an artery which cut off the blood to the right side of his brain that later resulted in Horn having a stroke after the attack.
Is Apple Making a Series on Siegfried and Roy?
It seems like Siegfried & Roy’s story will get a brand new cover as the two are reportedly going to be the subjects of a developing scripted series in development at Apple. Given how successful their podcast Wild Things: Siegfried & Roy was, Apple is developing the audio show as they will delve deeper to focus more on the duo’s rise to stardom while becoming the masters of illusion and daring as well as their tragic downfall.
The co-creator of Hulu’s hit series Only Murders in the Building, John Hoffman, has been hired to write and will also serve as the executive producer of the series. The duo made headlines after becoming victim to a ferocious tiger attack. Later, Siegfried and Roy’s animal handler Chris Lawrence revealed how things went out of hand during this routine as Mantacore wandered far off his mark, which led to Horn making a crucial error.
