The legendary entertainer and magician Roy Horn has died of complications from COVID-19 on Friday.
THAT HELPED DEFINE LASVEGAS....AS AN INTERNATIONALDESTINATION...FOR ENTERTAINMENT.ROY HORN'S LOVE OF ANIMALSBEGAN WHEN HE WAS CHILD.IT WAS THAT LOVE...THAT SHAPED HIS LIFE..ROY LUDWIG HORN WAS BORNOCTOBER 3RD 1944 IN GERMANY.FROM AN EARLY AGE HE DEVELOPEDA DEEP CONNECTION TO ANIMALSBEGINNING WITH HIS BELOVEDWOLFDOG HEXE AND HIS PETCHEETAH.DIANNE SAWYER 03 "AT WHAT AGEWHEN YOU FIRST HEARD AN ANIMALTHINKING?" ROY "ACTUALLY ALL MYLIFE." "WE HAVE ALL TOGETHER50." SAWYER "50?
AND THERE AREELEPHANTS, PYTHONS?" ROY "YEAH.TIGERS LEOPARDS PANTHERS." ROYMET SIEGFRIED ON A CRUISE SHIP.HE WAS A STEWARD AND HELPEDSIEGFRIED WITH HIS MAGIC ACT.ACCORDING TO THEIR PUBLICIST...AFTER THE SHOW, ROY ASKED THEQUESTION THATCHANGED BOTH OF THEIR LIVES: HESAID "SIEGFRIED, DISAPPEARINGRABBITS ARE ORDINARY, BUT CANYOU MAKE A CHEETAH DISAPPEAR?"SO BEGAN A 50 YEAR PARTNERSHIPFIRST PERFORMING SMALL ACTS...THEN GROWING TO BECOMEHEADLINERS IN 1981 AT THE NEWFRONTIER, BUT IT'S WHEN THEYBEGAN THEIR 14 YEAR RUN ON THELAS VEGAS STRIP AT THE MIRAGEIN 1989...THE TWO BECAME WORLD FAMOUS...ENTERTAINING PRESIDENTS,ROYALTY AND MOVIE STARS.THEN ON OCTOBER 3RD 2003 ROYHORN'S PERFORMANCE CAREERENDED...WHEN ONE OF HIS WHITE TIGERSMON-TAH-CORE MANTECORE DRAGGEDHIM OFF STAGE...NEARLY KILLING HIM.BUT ROY ALWAYS DEFENDING HISTIGER...SAYING MANTECORE WAS REACTINGTO WHAT HE BELIEVED WAS ASTROKE ELIZABETH VARGAS 20SECONDS DO YOU THINK HE PICKEDYOU UP ASTIGERS DO THE CUBS ROY YEAHWITH THE CUBS YEAH ELIZABETHVARGAS YOU FELT NOTHING ROY HEWAS VERY GENTLE.ROY WENT ON TO LIVE WITH THECOMPLICATIONS FROM THATINCIDENT AND LEAD WHAT ISDESCRIBED AS A FULL ANDREWARDING LIFE.(NATS PEOPLE CLAPPING) HE WASBELOVED FOR HIS PHILANTHROPICCOMMITMENTS AND VISITED HISANIMALS DAILY.HE IS SURVIVED BY HISHALF-BROTHER, BROTHER AND OFCOURSE SIEGFRIED.ROY HORN WAS 75 YEARS OLD.FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BEPRIVATE.BUT THERE ARE PLANS FOR APUBLICMEMORIAL.IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, PEOPLE AREBEING ASKED TO MAKE DONATIONSTO AN ORGANIZATION THATPROVIDED CARE AND COMFORT TOROY....THE CLEVELAND CLINIC "LOU RUVO"CENTER FOR BRAIN HEALTH AT"KEEP MEMORY ALIVE DOT ORG"(WWW.KEEPMEMORYALIVE.ORG) OR TOSUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF THOSEFIGHTING COVID-19 AT "NEVADA-C-F DOT ORG SLASH DONATE NOW".(HTTPS://WWW.NEVADACF.ORG/DONATE-NOW/)."MGM RESORTS..PAYING RESPECTS TO ROY
Flags are being flown at half-staff today across Nevada in honor of Roy Horn, who passed away from COVID-19 complications earlier..
The legendary entertainer and magician Roy Horn has died of complications from COVID-19, according to his representatives.
