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Louis Hendrik Potgieter, also known as Patrick Bailey (Pretoria
Pretoria

Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three Capital , serving as the Executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislature capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital....
, April 4, 1951 – 1993 or 1996, Cape Town
Cape Town

Cape Town is the second most populous city in South Africa, forming part of the metropolitan municipality of the City of Cape Town. It is the provincial Capital of the Western Cape, as well as the legislature capital of South Africa, where the Parliament of South Africa and many government offices are located....
) fronted the German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 novelty act Dschinghis Khan
Dschinghis Khan

Dschinghis Khan was a Germany Pop music band, created in 1979 to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest. The name of the band was chosen to fit the song of the same name, written and produced by Ralph Siegel with lyrics by Bernd Meinunger....
 for the six years of the band's existence. He came from a German Boer
Boer

Boer is the Dutch language word for farmer which came to denote the descendants of the proto Afrikaans-speaking pastoralists of the eastern Cape frontier in Southern Africa during the 18th century as well as those who left the Cape Colony during the 19th century to settle in the Orange Free State, Transvaal and to a lesser extent Natal Pro...
 family in South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
. In 1975 he came to Europe, and became a dancer in a theater in Munich
Munich

Munich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Northern Limestone Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg....
, where he was spotted by Ralph Siegel
Ralph Siegel

Ralph Siegel is a Germany musician, composer and Record producer. He is married to the Opera singer Kriemhild Jahn since 2006Siegel is one of the most notable figures at the Eurovision Song Contest, in which he has participated with 18 songs so far....
. When Siegel, a prolific author of songs for the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition....
, assembled a group to sing his 1979 entry to the contest, he invited Potgieter to join.






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Louis Hendrik Potgieter, also known as Patrick Bailey (Pretoria
Pretoria

Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three Capital , serving as the Executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislature capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital....
, April 4, 1951 – 1993 or 1996, Cape Town
Cape Town

Cape Town is the second most populous city in South Africa, forming part of the metropolitan municipality of the City of Cape Town. It is the provincial Capital of the Western Cape, as well as the legislature capital of South Africa, where the Parliament of South Africa and many government offices are located....
) fronted the German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 novelty act Dschinghis Khan
Dschinghis Khan

Dschinghis Khan was a Germany Pop music band, created in 1979 to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest. The name of the band was chosen to fit the song of the same name, written and produced by Ralph Siegel with lyrics by Bernd Meinunger....
 for the six years of the band's existence. He came from a German Boer
Boer

Boer is the Dutch language word for farmer which came to denote the descendants of the proto Afrikaans-speaking pastoralists of the eastern Cape frontier in Southern Africa during the 18th century as well as those who left the Cape Colony during the 19th century to settle in the Orange Free State, Transvaal and to a lesser extent Natal Pro...
 family in South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
. In 1975 he came to Europe, and became a dancer in a theater in Munich
Munich

Munich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Northern Limestone Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg....
, where he was spotted by Ralph Siegel
Ralph Siegel

Ralph Siegel is a Germany musician, composer and Record producer. He is married to the Opera singer Kriemhild Jahn since 2006Siegel is one of the most notable figures at the Eurovision Song Contest, in which he has participated with 18 songs so far....
. When Siegel, a prolific author of songs for the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition....
, 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
Dschinghis Khan

Dschinghis Khan was a Germany Pop music band, created in 1979 to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest. The name of the band was chosen to fit the song of the same name, written and produced by Ralph Siegel with lyrics by Bernd Meinunger....
".

In the famous Moskau
Moskau (Dschinghis Khan song)

"Moskau" is a single by the Germany pop-act Dschinghis Khan. Its original release was in 1979.In 2004, "Moskau" became a surprise hit on the Internet due to the sharing of a performance of the song from the group's glory days....
 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
HIV

Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that can lead to AIDS , a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections....
 and returned to South Africa and managed a hotel.

He died in 1993 of complications from AIDS
AIDS

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the HIV ....
.

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