Nick Kamen
British singer-songwriter and model (1962–2021)
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- Ivor Neville " Nick " Kamen (15 April 1962 – 4 May 2021) was a British singer, songwriter and model.
- Early life Kamen was born in Harlow, Essex, England, where he attended St Marks RC Comprehensive School.
- He was of mixed Burmese, Irish, Dutch and French descent.
- He first came to the public's attention in 1984 when Ray Petri featured him on the front cover of The Face .
- He is widely known in the UK for his role in the 1985 Levi's "Launderette" commercial, where he stripped to his boxer shorts in a 1950s-style launderette while he waited for his blue jeans to wash, one of a series of Bartle Bogle Hegarty advertisements that increased sales of Levi 501s.
Ivor Neville "Nick" Kamen (15 April 1962 – 4 May 2021) was a British singer, songwriter and model. He was best known for the singles "Each Time You Break My Heart" from 1986 and "I Promised Myself" from 1990, as well as for appearing in a 1985 Levi's advert.
Early life
Kamen was born in Harlow, Essex, England, where he attended St Marks RC Comprehensive School. He was the seventh of eight children, with four sisters and three brothers, Ronald Kamen, Chester Kamen and Barry Kamen. He was of mixed Burmese, Irish, Dutch and French descent.
Career
In 1982, Kamen appeared in the video for "The Damned Don't Cry" by synthpop band Visage. He first came to the public's attention in 1984 when Ray Petri featured him on the front cover of The Face. The cover showed him wearing a ski-hat, lipstick, orange roll-neck sweater and aviator sunglasses.
He is widely known in the UK for his role in the 1985 Levi's "Launderette" commercial, where he stripped to his boxer shorts in a 1950s-style launderette while he waited for his blue jeans to wash, one of a series of Bartle Bogle Hegarty advertisements that increased sales of Levi 501s. The commercial ranked sixth in The 100 Greatest TV Ads in 2000.
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