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 (19*-1994) A circus performer in South Africa.
-Also known as [[Willie Coetzee]], he was the son of the lion tamer William Coetzee, and he worked in various capacities in circuses and fun fairs for a number of years. According to his niece, his stage names where [[The Human Ostrich]], [[Prince Ben Alli Kassiem]], [[Don Montenegro]] and [[Willie the Clown]].
+Also known as [[Willie Coetzee]], he was the son of the lion tamer [[William Coetzee]], and he worked in various capacities in circuses and fun fairs for a number of years. According to his niece, his stage names where [[The Human Ostrich]], [[Prince Ben Alli Kassiem]], [[Don Montenegro]] and [[Willie the Clown]].
 He later lived in lived in Rustenburg, Transvaal, where he worked for the Coca Cola company.

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 Private correspondence from Roslyn Lord, granddaughter and niece of the performers (2015-03-08)
-Townsville Daily Bulletin Monday 5 July 1954, from Trove Digitised Newspapers [http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/65198145]
+''Townsville Daily Bulletin'' Monday 5 July 1954, from Trove Digitised Newspapers [http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/65198145]
 ''The Billboard'', p.52[https://books.google.com/books?id=vR4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA53&lpg=PA53&dq=ringmaster+Denis+Wood+Pagle+Circus&source=bl&ots=1v1mmJK0WY&sig=EP1TTWyAYNVfQbvYc-NCSNi9acI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zljQVKmJKIGwogSAuIL4Dg&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=ringmaster%20Denis%20Wood%20Pagle%20Circus&f=false]

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 (19*-1994) A circus performer in South Africa.
-Also known as [[Willie Coetzee]], he was the son of the lion tamer William Coetzee, and he worked in various capacities in circuses and fun fairs for a number of years. His stage names where [[The Human Ostrich]], [[Prince Ben Alli Kassiem]], [[Don Montenegro]] and [[Willie the Clown]].
+Also known as [[Willie Coetzee]], he was the son of the lion tamer William Coetzee, and he worked in various capacities in circuses and fun fairs for a number of years. According to his niece, his stage names where [[The Human Ostrich]], [[Prince Ben Alli Kassiem]], [[Don Montenegro]] and [[Willie the Clown]].
 He later lived in lived in Rustenburg, Transvaal, where he worked for the Coca Cola company.

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	There are two people by this name, both circus performers.		There are two people by this name, both circus performers.
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		+	It is not always certain which of them did what over the years, since a British Pathé film showing [[The Human Ostrich]] at a sideshow in Durban, for example, dates from 1940, which means it could be either one.

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 He later lived in lived in Rustenburg, Transvaal, where he worked for the Coca Cola company.
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 Private correspondence from Roslyn Lord, granddaughter and niece of the performers (2015-03-08)
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 (19**-1954) A circus performer in South Africa
-Husband of Hester C. Coetzee, they had five  children Andre (Coetzee) Baenhoff, William Coetzee Jr, Johanna P. (Coetzee) Gould, Dolly J. (Coetzee) Netto and Dawn P. (Coetzee) Struwig.
+Husband of Hester C. Coetzee, they had five  children Andre (Coetzee) Baenhoff, [[William Coetzee]] Jr, Johanna P. (Coetzee) Gould, Dolly J. (Coetzee) Netto and Dawn P. (Coetzee) Struwig.
 He worked as lion tamer and ringmaster, ''inter alia'' for [[Pagel's Circus]] in South Africa, and died tragically on July 4, 1954 in Durban during a live performance in Durban in 1954, when his lions attacked and mauled him.