- Louis Hendrik Potgieter
Louis Hendrik Potgieter, also known as Patrick Bailey (
Pretoria ,April 4 ,1951 – 1993 [ [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] or 1996 [ [http://www.steppenwind.com/louis_story.htm Louis Hendrik Potgieter – der tanzende Khan] Steppenwind] ,Cape Town ) fronted the German novelty actDschinghis Khan for the six years of the band's existence. He came from a GermanBoer family inSouth Africa . In 1975 he came to Europe, and became a dancer in a theater inMunich , where he was spotted byRalph Siegel . When Siegel, a prolific author of songs for theEurovision 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 ".In the famous Moskau video he was the lead member, dressed in a red and white outfit.
Dschinghis Khan broke up in 1985-86. Potgieter was eventually diagnosed with
HIV and returned to South Africa and managed a hotel [ [http://www.steppenwind.com/louis_story.htm Louis Hendrik Potgieter – der tanzende Khan] Steppenwind] .He died in 1993 [ [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] of complications from
AIDS .External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1484217/ Louis Hendrik Potgieter in the Internet Movie Database, IMDB]
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