Austrian rock singer and songwriter who was the number one national pop star and achieved international fame in the 1980s with the hits "Der Kommissar" and "Rock Me Amadeus" (b. Feb. 19, 1957, Vienna, Austria--d. Feb. 6, 1998, Puerto Plata, Dom. Rep.).
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