Illusionist makes brief comeback alongside tiger that mauled him

ILLUSIONISTS Siegfried and Roy — and the Bengal tiger that ended their careers — shared the stage again on Saturday night for a haunting final performance.

The brief charity show saw Roy Horn and Siegfried Fischbacher side by side with Montecore, the massive white tiger that brutally mauled Horn during a 2003 performance.

Horn re-emerged dressed in black robes, his face covered with a skeletal mask. The dark stage was covered in smoke. Horn limped slowly onstage, often steadying himself on Fischbacher’s shoulder.

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