Siegfried and Roy are back together again.
Siegfried Fischbacher — half of the flamboyant Las Vegas stage duo — has died after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 81.
Fischbacher’s publicist, Dave Kirvin, confirmed the news on Thursday morning.
The perpetually tanned magic man had recently been released from the hospital and was receiving hospice care at his Las Vegas home.
His death comes less than a year after his longtime partner Roy Horn succumbed to complications from COVID-19.
Born in Rosenheim, Germany, on June 13, 1939, Fischbacher credited the childhood purchase of a magic book for setting in motion his enduring love for the art of illusion.
Raymond Teller, of the duo Penn & Teller, summed up Siegfried and Roy’s enduring impact in a tweet: “Those guys opened Las Vegas to the possibility of a full-evening magic show. They lived large. They paved the way for @pennjillette and me.”
Our friend Siegfried (of Siegfried & Roy) has died. Those guys opened Las Vegas to the possibility of a full-evening magic show. They lived large. They paved the way for @pennjillette and me. Here’s an appropriately lavish obit in the New York Post. https://t.co/Meq4CrwL8v pic.twitter.com/wZskSwRJaK
— Teller (@MrTeller) January 14, 2021
