Overview
- Industry outlets including Radioszene.de and Schlagerprofis.de quickly picked up the announcement.
- No cause of death has been disclosed at this time.
- Leienbach began his career as Iljan Darc, releasing several Schlager singles between 1972 and 1976.
- At SWF3 he became a popular presenter, created the Schwarzwaldelch logo, and introduced recurring radio-comedy characters.
- He appeared on ARD’s Bananas from 1981 to 1984 and later co-founded the parody duo Fix & Fertig, whose single Der blonde Hans von der Bundesbahn spent six weeks on the German charts, peaking at No. 34.