Magician Roy doing well after knee operation in Austria: surgeon

0 Comments | AFP, May, 2008

VIENNA (AFP) — Roy Horn, one-half of magician duo Siegried and Roy, underwent a knee operation Monday in Graz, southern Austria, and was doing well, his surgeon Peter Panzenboeck told a press conference.

His condition was, "given the circumstances, very satisfactory," said Panzenboeck, adding that recovery would take about 10 days.

A local newspaper reported Sunday that the German-born illusionist, who was attacked by one of his white Bengal tigers during a performance in Las Vegas in October 2003, was to receive a knee cartilage transplant.

Panzenboeck gave no additional details during a brief press conference.

Horn was being stricly protected from the media at the Sanatorium Hansa in Graz, where he was operated on.

He and his partner...