Legendary 80s TV ad hunk died at 59 after battling secret illness - leaving partner devastated
ok.co.ukBest remembered as Madonna's protege and the star of an iconic Levi jean's advert in which he stripped to his boxer shorts in a launderette, model and singer Nick Kamen sadly never returned to the spotlight after his eighties heyday, and died at the age of 59 in 2021.The star, who had a 1986 hit, Each Time You Break My Heart, that was written by Madonna herself, passed away at his home in Notting Hill after a three-year battle with bone cancer.
Nick, whose real name was Ivor Neville Kamen, was being looked after by his partner of 15 years, Lucinda Carey, at the time of his death.
His brother Ronald revealed that as Nick's life drew to a close, his breathing became "very shallow" and he knew that his end was near. "He did fight it very hard," he said.
In a interview shortly after Nick's death, Lucinda shared that despite his suffering, Nick had a "beautiful" death, reports the Express.
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