POP NICK RIP Nick Kamen dead aged 59 – Madonna’s protégé and Levi’s model dies ‘after lengthy cancer battle’ at Notting Hill flat Holly Christodoulou Updated: 5 May 2021, 18:26 Holly Christodoulou Invalid Date, NICK Kamen, the 1980s heartthrob who found fame when he stripped off in a Levi advert, has died aged 59 following a lengthy cancer battle. The Essex-born hunk was famed for the Levi 501 ad in 1985 that saw him wearing just his boxers in a launderette as Marvin Gaye's Heard It Through The Grapevine played. 9 9 He also sang with Madonna on hit Each Time You Break My Heart in 1986. A cause of death hasn't been confirmed but in 2018, his team posted on Instagram revealing he was suffering from cancer and undergoing chemotherapy.