German news agency dpa is reporting that that illusionist Siegfried Fischbacher, the surviving member of duo Siegfried & Roy has died in Las Vegas at age 81.
In this June 4, 1987, file photo, Las Vegas magicians Roy Horn, left, and Siegfried Fischbacher pose in New York, with their rare white tigers, Neva, left, a female, and Vegas, a male, during a stop at Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry before their departure for Germany. (AP Photo/Scott McKiernan, File)
Illusionists Siegfried and Roy react after receiving the second annual Liberace Legend Award at a gala benefit at the famed Liberace mansion in Las Vegas, May 17, 1995. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon)
Illusionists Siegfried Fischbacher, left and Roy Uwe Ludwig Horn pose for photographers with a white tiger cub after they unveiled their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, Calif. Thursday, Sept. 23, 1994. (AP Photo/Neil Jacobs)
Magician Siegfried Fischbacher, right, of the magic team of Siegfried & Roy arrives with hisprotegee Darren Romeo, left, at the "For Roy With Love" an evening dedicated to Roy Horn during the 36th Annual Academy of Magical Arts Awards Show & Banquet in Los Angeles on May 1, 2004. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Roy Horn, left, and Siegfried Fischbacher talk to reporters in Branson, Mo., in this Saturday, Nov. 5, 2005 file photo. (AP Photo/John S. Stewart)
Siegfried Fischbacher, left, and Roy Horn show a cake as they their celebrate tiger cubs' first birthday at Secret Garden & Dolphin Habitat at the Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Tuesday, May 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
The German-American entertainers Siegfried (Fischbacher), left, and Roy (Uwe Ludwig Horn) pose during a photo call, when they visited the evening show "Fantissima" in the leisure park Phantasialand in Bruehl, Germany, in this Nov. 4, 2009 file photo. (AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz, File)
In this Thursday, July 17, 2014, file photo, Siegfried Fischbacher, left, holds up a white lion cub as Roy Horn holds up a microphone during an event to welcome three white lion cubs to Siegfried & Roy's Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
In this Feb. 20, 2008, file photo, Siegfried Fischbacher, left, and Roy Horn arrive at a party following the premiere performance of Bette Midler's "The Showgirl Must Go On" at Caesar's Palace hotel and casino in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File)
FILE - German illusionist Siegfried Fischbacher of the duo " Siegfried & Roy" holds their trophies after receiving the World Entertainment Award at the World Award 2003 ceremony in Hamburg, northern Germany, on Oct.22, 2003. German news agency dpa is reporting that Fischbacher, the surviving member of duo Siegfried & Roy has died in Las Vegas at age 81. The news agency said Thursday that Fischbacher’s sister, a nun who lives in Munich, confirmed his death of cancer. (AP Photo/Fabian Bimmer, File)
