Nick Kamen

Model and singer Nick Kamen Best known for stripping off his jeans In a Levi’s 501 jeans commercial Using Laundromat machines A Celebrity Epitaph Poetry Contest Sponsored by Michelle Faulkner 01/10/22

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Karen Croft

Date: 1/15/2022 12:29:00 AM

I have never heard of him, but you expressed such detail in honoring him!

Mike Gentile

Date: 1/12/2022 4:47:00 AM

Never saw that here but sorry for you're loss!!! He was handsome! Good one Jan xxoo Happy Wednesday!!

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 1/12/2022 4:17:00 AM

- Unknown to me ... but, great written, Jan - Best wishes in the contest :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 1/11/2022 9:06:00 PM

I don’t know him but sad if he died in his youth. Xxoo

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 1/11/2022 3:44:00 PM

Never heard of him but you did a great job eulogizing him, Jan.

Rico Leffanta

Date: 1/11/2022 10:27:00 AM

Easy to film as those damn rivets froze to one's fingers, especially when one had an urgent need to urinate . . . . .Aloha!

Mark Koplin

Date: 1/11/2022 8:05:00 AM

I’ve never seen that commercial but I remember the button fly jeans in the 80’s

Jerry T Curtis

Date: 1/11/2022 5:12:00 AM

Nick, just like the jeans he advertised , they don't die....they just fade. lol um... RIP Nick!

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 1/11/2022 2:36:00 AM

Some people are crazy. But who can judge? Loved it.

Ilene Bauer

Date: 1/10/2022 3:31:00 PM

i don't remember him or the commercial, jan, but i enjoyed your poem! good luck in the contest...

Jan Allison
Date: 1/10/2022 4:02:00 PM

Hi Ilene I think the sales of levis rocketed when he modeled them lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Eve Roper

Date: 1/10/2022 3:22:00 PM

Great one, Jan, good luck in the contest. Hugs

Jan Allison
Date: 1/10/2022 4:01:00 PM

Thanks Eve:-) hugs Jan xx

Tom Cunningham

Date: 1/10/2022 1:43:00 PM

Wow I remember him, didn't know he'd died. I was 16 when I bought a pair and you had to buy them a size too big and sit in the bath as they were shrink to fit. Another lifetime lol. Tom

Jan Allison
Date: 1/10/2022 2:08:00 PM

lol Tom. I was googling famous people who has passed in 2021 and was sad to see he had died, he was only 59, hugs Jan xx

Alexis Y.

Date: 1/10/2022 1:13:00 PM

Hi Jan, You penned a good “Epitaph” for the contest. Best wishes in the contest. I hope your year is going well thus far- Alexis

Jan Allison
Date: 1/10/2022 1:16:00 PM

Thanks Alexis:-) hugs Jan xx