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Las Vegas Siegfried & Roy the Mirage via Getty images
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Siegfried and Roy grew up in war-stricken Germany.
In a time
of destruction and very little hope, Siegfried discovered his love for
everything magic. Over the years, he refined his act and started his stage career
as a magician aboard the German cruise ship TS Bremen.
What started as a small act would soon grow into a glorious career
when Siegfried met Roy aboard the ship and asked him to assist him on stage.
And it was on this ship that they started to perform together. Unfortunately, both
were fired from the TS Bremen when they brought a live cheetah onto the ship.
But again, luck would be on their side when they got scouted by a New York-based
cruise line to perform as a duo for their passengers.
It was early 1967 when Siegfried and Roy presented their
magic in Las Vegas for the first time. Their magical glitzy act stood out and helped
to transform a small desert town into a sprawling glitzy metropolis. By 1988 Siegfried
and Roy signed their first record-breaking deal with the casino developer Steve
Wynn. For the next five years, they staged a Broadway-meets-Barnum & Bailey
extravaganza at the Mirage.
Siegfried and Roy fulfilled a childhood dream with their
newly found stardom and $57 million from the deal. Las Vegas new royalty found
their home in an opulent compound they called the Jungle Palace and a 100-acre
estate, Little Bavaria, outside of town. And this is where our Guest, Dennie
Pasion, met Siegfried for the first time. But as always, let me not tell you
but hand the microphone to Dennie to tell us about her time with Siegfried and
Roy.
