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Many expressed their condolences on Twitter agreed with Gaga, who is a known advocate of mental health awareness. Rest In Peace Rick Genest pic. They way he challenged the perception of beauty spoke to me. RIP Zombie Boy. I beg of you. Lady Gaga urged those with mental health issues to seek help.

Genest developed his love of the macabre after being diagnosed with a brain tumour at 15 and told he was unlikely to survive surgery.

My friends called me Zombie because of my past. A year later he began living on the streets, washing cars to get by and had his first tattoo - a skull and crossbones on his arm. As his inkings grew so did his fame and he started working in freak shows - eating worms and pig intestines to go with his rotting corpse look. He previously spoke about working with Lady Gaga, described her as "really fun and really professional".

Genest, better known as "Zombie Boy", died from a severe head injury after falling from a third-floor balcony in Montreal, Canada, according to the coroner's report. He was famous for his extensive body art, including bone and organ tattoos covering much of his body. The coroner's report, released on Monday following an investigation into his death , says he was found on the ground outside a friend's home by a passerby at around local time GMT on 1 August He was "strongly intoxicated" by alcohol, with almost three times the legal driving limit of the substance in his blood.

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