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Siegfried & Roy Plan Comeback

Duo to perform for charity 5 years after near-death experience

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(Newser) – A tiger mauling has kept them offstage for over 4 years, but Siegfried & Roy aren’t letting it end their careers. Next February they’ll perform a one-night-only special for charity, reports Der Spiegel, and their publicist says he’d be “very surprised if animals were not part of the performance.”

Siegfried told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that the show "will be the signature of Siegfried and Roy." Once one of Vegas’ top acts, Siegfried & Roy shut down in 2003 after a white tiger mauled Roy onstage before a horrified audience. The performers now say the tiger, sensing an imminent stroke, was trying to help Roy, who refers to the beast as “my lifesaver.”

Siegfried and Roy pose with their tigers in this file photo from their 1999 glory days.
Siegfried and Roy pose with their tigers in this file photo from their 1999 glory days.   (Getty Images)
Five years after that fateful tiger attack, Siegfried and Roy will be back on stage.
Five years after that fateful tiger attack, Siegfried and Roy will be back on stage.   (Getty Images)
Siegried and Roy hang out with a white lion in this file photo.
Siegried and Roy hang out with a white lion in this file photo.   (Getty Images)
World-renowned illusionists and conservationists Siegfried & Roy pose with their white tiger in this undated photo. (Siegfried & Roy/The Mirage)
World-renowned illusionists and conservationists Siegfried & Roy pose with their white tiger in this undated photo. (Siegfried & Roy/The Mirage)   (Getty Images)
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