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Roy Horn Leaving Las Vegas
Illusionist Roy Horn is disappearing again, but this time it's not part of his act.
The Las Vegas fixture and half of the magic tandem Siegfried & Roy has returned to his homeland, checking into a physical rehabilitation center in Germany, 18 months after a near-fatal tiger mauling that left him partially paralyzed.Both Horn and his partner of 46 years, Siegfried Fischbacher, arrived at the Munich-area facility Friday, though no details of the 60-year-old's condition have been released.
"Siegfried and I are thrilled to return to our home country and excited with the programs set forth by the great doctors and staff at the world-class Leonardis Clinic," Horn said in a statement. "The support we have received from our fans in Germany has been overwhelming and continues to inspire me daily."
Dr. Albert Scheller told the German Press Agency that Horn "is undergoing stem cell therapy using cells from his own body." Scheller said the "stem cells are removed from cartilage in the patient's knee."
His physicians say Horn will then undergo a procedure in which cells multiply during a period of about four weeks. The cells would be injected into the entertainer.
In October 2003, Horn was mauled by a 380-pound Bengal tiger named Montecore while performing at the Mirage. The animal dragged the illusionist offstage in the middle of a show, although Fishbacher and Horn maintain the tiger was simply coming to Horn's aid after he fell onstage.
According to the official U.S. Department of Agriculture incident report, completed in September 2004 and recently obtained by the Associated Press, there was no proof that the cat was trying help Horn.
The report--based on the Mirage resort's investigation, a Las Vegas police inquiry and witness statements--also discounts several other theories floated at the time of the mauling, including suggestions that the tiger was hungry or sick (vets said the tiger was healthy and well-fed), that the attack was triggered by terrorists or animal-rights activists possibly using a behavior-altering scent, or that a woman in the audience with a beehive hairdo somehow set off Montecore. While disproving the disparate theories, the report says there's no way to tell exactly what made Montecore attack.
Despite deep neck wounds, artery and trachea damage and a stroke shortly after the incident, Horn survived. He subsequently underwent two surgeries and physical rehab in Denver and Las Vegas. With years of treatment ahead, Siegfried & Roy shut down their signature Sin City act.
By returning to Germany, Horn has left behind the duo's sprawling Las Vegas home/menagerie known as the Jungle Palace. The complex came under attack last year, targeted by former Oakland Raider Cole Ford in a drive-by shooting. Ford, who has a history of mental illness, was arrested but was found incompetent to stand trial and remains in a psychiatric facility.
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