Hey...I don't even think it was Roy!!!! Check out this old Las Vegas Sun article I found ( http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/archives/2001/feb/23/511475220.html )
The most interesting quote has their manager explaining why the rumor of Roy dying of AIDS and being replaced by a double couldn't be true:
"In promoting a flamboyant, surreal show and image, both performers continually deal with bizarre speculation -- much stranger fodder than the Roy-has-AIDS talk. Over the past few years Yuman has been asked if Roy has passed away and been replaced by a double.
"They are two of the most famous live entertainers in the world, and people fabricate stories about them," Yuman said. "Let me ask you this: If you had a Doberman you had owned and trained from 4 weeks old to 4 years old, and you suddenly died and were replaced by a twin brother to care for this animal, what would happen?
"The Doberman would bite your butt off, that's what. There's only one man on Earth who can handle an 800-pound cat and that's Roy Uwe Ludwig Horn."
(February 23, 2001 , Las Vegas Sun, By John Katsilometes,
email: kats@lasvegassun.com )
PUT THAT IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT!!!