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'''Louis Hendrik Potgieter''', also known as Patrick Bailey ([[Pretoria]], [[April 4]], [[1951]] – 1993<ref name="Dschinghis Khan History">[http://www.dschinghis-khan.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=28&limit=1&limitstart=2 Dschinghis Khan History], dschinghis-khan.com</ref> or 1996<ref name="steppenwind.com">[http://www.steppenwind.com/louis_story.htm Louis Hendrik Potgieter – der tanzende Khan] Steppenwind</ref>, [[Cape Town]]) fronted the [[Germany|German]] novelty act [[Dschinghis Khan]] for the six years of the band's existence. He came from a German [[Boer]] family in [[South Africa]]. In 1975 he came to Europe, and became a dancer in a theater in [[Munich]], where he was spotted by [[Ralph Siegel]]. When Siegel, an author of songs for the [[Eurovision Song Contest]], assembled a group to sing his 1979 entry to the contest, he invited Potgieter to join. The group was named after the song, "[[Dschinghis Khan]]". |
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Dschinghis Khan broke up in 1985-86. Potgieter was eventually diagnosed with [[HIV]] and returned to South Africa and managed a hotel<ref name="steppenwind.com"/>. |
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He died in 1993<ref name="Dschinghis Khan History"/> of complications from [[AIDS]]. |
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