Monday, March 2, 2009

Siegfried And Roy Magic Is Back

When Las Vegas legend Roy Horn was attacked onstage by one of his beloved white tigers more than five years ago, many feared he would never walk or talk again.

But Saturday night, Horn and his longtime illusionist partner Siegfried Fischbacher (the pair known the world over as Siegfried & Roy) returned to the stage in dramatic style, performing an illusion with what their manager said was the very tiger that nearly ended Horn's life.

With tigers in tow, the duo, who performed to sellout audiences for more than 13 years at the MGM Mirage, appeared in front of a crowd of 1,100 at the annual Power of Love Gala at the Bellagio Resort, a benefit to raise money and awareness for the Lou Ruvo Brain Institute.