Siegfried to Roy: Nice Piece of Ash

Posted Apr 5th 2008 1:48PM by TMZ Staff

So the story goes like this ... when Sahra the tiger died of kidney failure a while back, Roy decided to have the tiger cremated. But here's the dilemma -- how do you stuff a tiger with full-on rigor mortis into a small furnace?

Siegfried and Roy's ex security chief, Jim Mydlach, is writing a "tell-all" book in which he describes the incident, according to Page Six. The way Mydlach tells it, Roy was dead set on having the tiger cremated and delivered to him, still warm.

Mydlach says he was ordered to cut the cat up, so he "dismembered the tiger's corpse, cutting off it's legs...one of the worst experiences of [my life]." The ashes then went into Roy's private collection, which lined his bedroom.

That's one hot pussy, delivered as ordered.

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31. Come on people how many veterinarians have the ability to cremate animals on site... normally the animal or pet is sent to a place that deals with cremating. Most of them can handle a good size tiger without having to cut it into pieces. Fact is it sometimes takes days to get ashes back. I know I work for a veterinarian. These men are out to give Siegfried and Roy a bad name and apparently will stop at nothing to do it. Well I got a new flash for them. They're making themselves look like idiots.

Posted at 10:09PM on Apr 5th 2008 by Please get real

32. As someone else correctly pointed out, this is B.S.. Rigor Mortis only lasts for a few hours, and then it goes away.
I'm a paramedic and I deal with dead bodies very frequently. I've done this for 15 years. I know what I'm talking about.

Posted at 10:48PM on Apr 5th 2008 by MissouriMedic

33. Oh, and incidentally.... if cutting the legs off of a dead animal is the "worst experience of his life" than this guy has led one very charmed life. I've been hunting and gutted deer. I've performed surgical crichothyrotomies on dying children so i could place breathing tubes in their throats. I've picked up amputated body parts from beside highways. I've sat down grieving parents in order to notify them that their children had died. Poor, tough, trauamatized body guard... having to cut up a dead animal. :( I wonder if he'll require grief counciling for his PTSD?

Posted at 10:54PM on Apr 5th 2008 by MissouriMedic

34. Oh, boo hoo! You had to cut up a dead cat! Wah! You wan't trauma? Try being Naomi Campbell's assistant!

Posted at 11:06PM on Apr 5th 2008 by Leroy

35. Since when does your head of security, rather than your vet or crematoria, handle the physical task of cremation? That's balogna. We had our dog cremated and the vet farmed it out to a pet crematoria. We certainly didn't have to bring fuzzy to the crematoria and prep him for it. Silly.

Posted at 11:08PM on Apr 5th 2008 by Doll

36. MissouriMedic: You choose to do what you do. and you're desensitized due to your constant exposure to trauma, drama, etc. There are plenty of people who'd find hacking a giant mamal to pieces fairly disturbing.

Posted at 11:18PM on Apr 5th 2008 by Call me a Wahmbulance.

37. I'm a paramedic and I deal with dead bodies very frequently. I've done this for 15 years. I know what I'm talking about.

Posted at 10:48PM on Apr 5th 2008 by MissouriMedic

Wow, you kind of suck as a paramedic if you deal with bodies constantly. You're supposed to save the living, not be a taxi for the dead. Are you perpetually late, or do you just really sucky at your job? From your posts, you clearly lack compassion and think way too highly of yourself!

Posted at 11:23PM on Apr 5th 2008 by I sure don't want to be ill in Missouri!

38. MissouriMedic = Grim Reaper

Posted at 11:27PM on Apr 5th 2008 by Crikey!

39. This story is completely ridiculous. Not only it it not necessary to do, Roy would never allow it to be done much less "order it". This guy has been trying to cause Siegfried & Roy problems for years, making up stories and allegations against them. He's been trying to sell this "tell all book" for a while now and since no one has paid any attention to the previous allegations he's making up new ones in hopes that someone will believe him. He's upset because he was fired, and wasn't taken on a trip to Mexico a while ago, so he's trying to ruin them. Truly pathetic.

Posted at 1:03PM on Apr 6th 2008 by EDL

40. The book wasn't written because of one the aurhors wasn't taken on a trip to Mexico. The book was written by three men, their security guard of 20 years, his son and their show director. I don't think all three of them would get together and go through this because one of them wasn't taken on vacation. That being said, this story does sound untrue. And even if it were true, it doesn't really matter because the tiger wasn't hurt, she was already dead.

Posted at 3:31PM on Apr 6th 2008 by honee

41. No, the book wasn't written simply because he wasn't taken on vacation. It was written because they're angry with namely Siegfried for firing them. The son has taken him to court numerous times since Roy's accident, making horrible accusastions, and had all of his cases thrown out. I think this guy just needs to get a life and leave them alone. The book has changed titles, authors and due dates about three dozen times, hopefully the trash never surfaces.

Posted at 5:08PM on Apr 6th 2008 by EDL

42. That was one of the most disgusting things I have ever read.

Posted at 5:58PM on Apr 6th 2008 by eww

43. I have news for you guys -- MOST large animals (horses, etc.) have to be cut up to be cremated. There are very few whole-animal crematories available. This story was gruesome and inflammatory for no reason. How about having your little minions do some ACTUAL RESEARCH before posting crap.

Posted at 1:57PM on Apr 7th 2008 by Mary

44. This story is sickening. You couldn't pay me enough to do that.

Posted at 12:10AM on Apr 18th 2008 by christa

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