The 'Zombie Boy' model who starred in a video with Lady Gaga was found dead in an apparent suicide, and she's speaking out

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• Canadian fashion model Rick Genest, known as "Zombie Boy," was found dead in his home on Wednesday.
• Radio-Canada, citing police sources, said that he died by suicide.
• Lady Gaga, who featured Genest in her "Born This Way" video, said that the death was "beyond devastating."
• She wrote: "We have to work harder to change the culture."

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Rick Genest, known as 'Zombie Boy' for his distinctive tattoos and famous through appearing in Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" video, has been found dead in his home.

The Canadian fashion model was found in his home in Montreal on Wednesday, according to Radio-Canada. He was 32.

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