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Frickie Van Hardenburg
South African arms and gem dealer whose Buzzard attack helicopter Luis Lopez steals for Yusuf Amir before blowing up his yacht in Sexy Time.
- Nationality
- South Africa
Background
Frickie Van Hardenburg is a controversial South African accused of financing wars and the human rights abuses that came with them. He has been tied to arms smuggling, gem dealing, the slave trade and drug trafficking, all of which he flatly denies. In 2008 he is finally granted a US visa. Liberal politicians call for him to face trial for war crimes, but immigration officials brush the accusations aside, pointing out that he took several senators on safari the previous year. A large force of bodyguards and mercenaries protects his yacht and helicopter.
Events of The Ballad of Gay Tony
In Sexy Time, Yusuf Amir sends Luis Fernando Lopez to steal Frickie's Buzzard attack chopper. Luis reaches the yacht on Yusuf's speedboat. While Frickie delivers a short pitch about the Buzzard to his guests, Luis slips into the helicopter unnoticed and takes off. Yusuf then tells him to destroy the yacht, and Luis turns the Buzzard's weapons on it, killing Frickie and most of his men. The surviving guards try to flee the sinking boat, but Luis hunts them down.
Trivia
- His character model is an unused Kenny Petrovic model from GTA IV, and unused lines such as "I am Kenny Petrovic!" remain in his files.
- He, Yusuf Amir and Luis Lopez are the only known owners of a Super Drop Diamond.
- He draws on Arjen Rudd from Lethal Weapon 2 and on arms dealer Viktor Bout.
