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Tiger Critically Injures Magician Roy Horn

The Associated Press
Saturday, October 4, 2003; 1:26 AM


LAS VEGAS - A tiger attacked magician Roy Horn of the duo "Siegfried & Roy" at his throat during a Friday night performance at The Mirage hotel-casino, authorities said.




Horn, who turned 59 Friday, was taken to University Medical Center, where he was listed in critical condition, said hospital spokeswoman Cheryl Persinger.

"All I know now is that he's still critical," she said.

Firefighters were called to the hotel-casino about 8:45 p.m. and found Horn had been "attacked at the throat" by a tiger during a performance, said Clark County Fire spokesman Bob Leinbach.

MGM Mirage spokesman Alan Feldman said Horn "sustained a serious injury to the left side of his neck." Feldman said Horn was in surgery late Friday.

Andy Cushman, a 23-year-old reporter from Haddon Township, N.J., was in the audience of the 7:30 p.m. performance.

Cushman said Horn, the dark-haired member of the duo, appeared alone on stage with a white tiger about 45 minutes into the show. Horn told the audience the tiger was 9 years old and was making his debut in the show, Cushman said.

Moments later, the tiger lunged at Horn, who tried beating the tiger off with a microphone, Cushman said.

"The tiger went for his neck, then drug him offstage," he said. "He looked like a rag doll."

A short time later, Siegfried Fisbacher appeared on stage visibly upset and said the performance was canceled, Cushman said.

The German-born pair perform eight shows a week, 44 weeks per year and have been performing in Las Vegas for more than 30 years.

MikeAI,
interesting that you posted it NOW...
JoeE has his white tiger in the bedroom, and rumor has it Roy wasn't the only one hurt recently by the "white tiger"
;-)))

critical or not, the time will tell


stay tuned......

I would be pissed too if someone tried to beat me off with a microphone.

I would be pissed too if someone tried to beat me off with a microphone.[/b][/quote]
if it was one of those big fluffy ones it might work out ok Ulfie!

Don't knock it,til you've tried it ;-))))

Just don't have it hooked up to an amp while the fun is happening. :awinky: