Model and singer Nick Kamen dies aged 59
Model and singer Nick Kamen has died at the age of 59, a friend of his family has confirmed to the BBC.His music career peaked the next year with a top five hit Each Time You Break My Heart, which was written by Madonna.
His friend and fellow singer Boy George led the tributes on Wednesday, describing Kamen as "the most beautiful and sweetest man".Kamen - real name Ivor Neville Kamen - rose to fame in a jeans commercial, which showed him arriving at a dry cleaners in only his boxer shorts, as several women looked on.
The advert, soundtracked by Marvin Gaye's I Heard It Through The Grapevine, helped to boost the company's denim sales and made him a sex symbol in the process. It also caught the attention of the queen of pop, who told the BBC at the time she had been taken by Kamen's "charisma" and "beautiful voice".
Madonna then reached out and got Kamen to record the synth-pop track - left over from her third studio album True Blue - and she provided backing vocals.
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