Roy Horn tribute at Mirage on Las Vegas Strip

Roy Horn in 1986. (AP)

Few people went to the Mirage on Friday, May 8, 2020, to pay tribute to Roy Horn, who died earlier in the day. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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May 8, 2020 - 8:22 pm

Updated May 8, 2020 - 8:38 pm

Longtime Las Vegas illusionist Roy Horn died Friday at the age of 75.

A spokesman for the Siegfried & Roy said Horn died at Mountain View Hospital because of complications related to COVID-19.

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