--- description: A 14-year-old white lion named Legend from the Siegfried and Roy act died at the Toledo Zoo in Ohio after undergoing a medical procedure. title: Siegfried and Roy's White Lion Dies After Medical Procedure image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc3820edcf3ed85ee/698858ca35ba6f2ddcc0df7b/siegfried-roy-lion.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Siegfried and Roy's White Lion Dies After Medical Procedure by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 27, 2015 7:50 PM CUT  World-renowned illusionists and conservationists Siegfried & Roy pose with Pride, the Magical White Lion in this undated photo. World-renowned illusionists and conservationists Siegfried & Roy pose with Pride, the Magical White Lion in this undated photo.Siegfried & Roy—Getty Images by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 27, 2015 7:50 PM CUT A 14-year-old white lion named Legend from the Siegfried and Roy act died at the Toledo Zoo in Ohio after undergoing a medical procedure. Veterinarians at the zoo, where the lion was on loan, were treating the lion’s paws. Legend went into cardiac and respiratory arrest while being removed from the anesthesia, [the _Guardian_ reports](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/27/siegfried-and-roy-white-lion-dies "undefined"). The lion’s cause of death is still being determined, and the _Guardian_ reports that the veterinarian at the zoo said that while there were risks to anesthesia, the procedure needed to be done to improve the cat’s quality of life. Legend’s 14-year-old brother Courage also currently lives at the zoo. \[[_The Guardian_](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/27/siegfried-and-roy-white-lion-dies "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3939099/siegfried-roy-white-lion-dies/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3939099/siegfried-roy-white-lion-dies/"},"headline":"Siegfried and Roy's White Lion Dies After Medical Procedure","datePublished":"2015-06-27T19:50:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:21:33.515Z","description":"Legend went into cardiac and respiratory arrest","url":"https://time.com/3939099/siegfried-roy-white-lion-dies/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Accident","Zoo","died"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc3820edcf3ed85ee/698858ca35ba6f2ddcc0df7b/siegfried-roy-lion.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc3820edcf3ed85ee/698858ca35ba6f2ddcc0df7b/siegfried-roy-lion.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Magicians Siegfried Roy lion white","caption":"Magicians Siegfried Roy lion white","creditText":"Siegfried & Roy—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3939099/siegfried-roy-white-lion-dies/","name":"Siegfried and Roy's White Lion Dies After Medical Procedure"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Inside New York's First Cat Cafe","description":"Meet the cats of NYC's first cat cafe, Meow Parlour, and hear more about the growing trend of paying to play with cats from the cafe's two owners.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/0MiiFeak/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-12-12T19:30:27.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/0MiiFeak.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3939099/siegfried-roy-white-lion-dies/","duration":"PT1M49S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3939099/siegfried-roy-white-lion-dies/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```