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  ‘It breaks my heart to know you are gone’: Madonna pays emotional tribute to singer and model Nick Kamen who has died at 59

  The Essex-born model and singer, who appeared in a famous 1980s Levi’s launderette advert and was also considered a protege of Madonna, died after a battle with bone marrow cancer. Kamen first came to public attention when he appeared on the front of The Face magazine in 1984 wearing a ski hat, lipstick and aviator sunglasses. Hope you are happier wherever you are Nick Kamen.

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  Madonna heartbroken to hear of protege Nick Kamen's death

  Madonna has paid tribute to her one-time protege Nick Kamen, revealing she's broken hearted to learn of his death from bone marrow cancer. The British model rose to fame after appearing in a 1985 Levi's 501 jeans commercial and recorded the hit Each Time You Break My Heart, which Madonna co-wrote, a year later. Remembering the pin-up on Wednesday, Madonna shared a number of photos of Kamen to her Instagram and wrote: "It's heart breaking to know you are gone. You were always such a kind sweet hu

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  Nick Kamen: Madonna and Levi's pay tribute to 'sweet' star - 'the man who made the 501 even more iconic'

  Madonna and Levi's have paid tribute to "kind" and "sweet" model and singer Nick Kamen, "the man who made the 501 even more iconic". Kamen, who was best known for stripping off in a launderette to wash his jeans in the famous 1980s Levi's advert, also had a music career and was considered a protege of the Queen of Pop. Paying tribute on Twitter following his death at the age of 59, Madonna described the star as "such a kind and sweet human" and said "it breaks my heart to know you are gone".

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  ‘Heartbroken’ Madonna Pays Tribute To Model And Singer Nick Kamen Following His Death, Aged 59

  Madonna penned the Essex-born star’s first hit single after he starred in an iconic Levi’s jeans ad in the eighties.

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  Madonna is ‘heartbroken’ as she pays tribute to British model and singer Nick Kamen

  Kamen and Madonna collaborated on the 1987 track ‘Each Time You Break My Heart’

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  Madonna leads tributes to model and singer Nick Kamen, who has died aged 59

  Kamen was considered a protege of Madonna.

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  ‘No teen pin-up made our hearts flip quite like Nick Kamen did’

  When I heard the news that Nick Kamen had died, aged just 59, having suffered from bone marrow cancer for years, I was propelled instantly back to 1985. I had moved from Dundee to London and happened to live near a launderette. Its name – Wishee Washee Splishy Splashy – was pretty wacky, but that’s not why I glanced in, hopefully, every time I walked past. It was because of a certain Levi’s ad. Up until then, the only commercial that had made any impression on me was the Smash Martians – and, sa

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  Boy George leads tributes after death of model and singer Nick Kamen at 59

  Kamen had been ill for a long time.

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  Nick Kamen, Levi's launderette advert model and Madonna protege, dies at 59

  British model and singer Nick Kamen, who appeared in the famous 1980s Levi's launderette advert and was also considered a protege of Madonna, has died aged 59. Kamen, whose real name was Ivor Neville Kamen, was best known for his 1986 hit Each Time You Break My Heart, which was written by Madonna, and for I Promised Myself, in 1990 - as well as for stripping down to his boxers in the memorable 1985 Levi's 501 commercial, soundtracked by Marvin Gaye's Heard It Through The Grapevine. It also saw

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  E' morto Nick Kamen, il modello e cantante aveva 59 anni

  E' morto il modello e cantante Nick Kamen, aveva 59 anni. A darne notizia su Instagram è stato l’amico Boy George: "R.I.P to the most beautiful and sweetest man Nick Kamen!". 'Riposa in pace', è il post con cui Boy George dedica il suo ricordo al cantante e modello diventano famoso negli Anni '80 anche grazie alla pubblicità di una nota marca di jeans, in una lavanderia a gettoni. Dopo il grande successo della campagna pubblicitaria, come riporta il quotidiano britannico 'Mirror', Madonna lo not

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